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Lebanese unions call workers to general strike

Published on: February 2, 2023
09:45

Beirut, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) The General Union of Workers of Lebanon is promoting a call for a national strike next Wednesday in categorical rejection to the policies of looting and impoverishment resulting from the economic collapse.

Costa Rican unions reject Social Security president’s dismissal

Published on: September 19, 2022
11:43

San José, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Union of Social Security Fund Employees (UNDECA) and the Association of Secondary Education Teachers (APSE) rejected the dismissal of Álvaro Ramos, executive president of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS, in Spanish acronym).

France CGT considers solidarity with Cuba a successful action

Published on: August 29, 2022
16:37

Paris, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The Containers for Cuba solidarity initiative, promoted by trade unions belonging to France´s General Confederation of Labor (CGT), feted the successful arrival of 55 tons of foodstuffs in Cuba.

British Labor Party urged to support workers in protests

Published on: August 29, 2022
09:31

London, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The British union Unite urged the leadership of the Labor Party to support the protests carried out by workers in the United Kingdom in demand of wage increases and better working conditions.

Honduran president: inherited crisis is economic and social

Published on: April 14, 2022
09:46

Tegucigalpa, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Honduran President Xiomara Castro said that the crisis inherited from previous governments is economic and social.

Slow wage recovery in Uruguay

Published on: November 16, 2021
11:22

Montevideo, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The wage recovery for Uruguayan workers will be only 1.6 percent instead of the 4.22 expected, as indicated today by the lawyer of the business sector, Pablo Durán.

Workers and popular organizations support President Arce in Bolivia

Published on: October 19, 2021
12:30

La Paz, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Workers' Center (COB) and the Pact of Unity on Tuesday ratified their support for the government of President Luis Arce, and declared themselves in a state of emergency to face any destabilizing action.

Haitian trade unions to go on strike against insecurity

Published on: September 30, 2021
13:41

Port-au-Prince, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) The transportation and subcontracting trade unions said on Thursday that they will go on strike against kidnappings, the fuel crisis and what they consider the bad handling of the deportation of migrants from the United States.

British unions strongly reject US blockade against Cuba

Published on: September 14, 2021
07:23

London, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of UK´s major unions reiterated their rejection of the unilateral blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, and also vowed to go on calling for the lifting of this illegal measure.

Turkish union denounces US attacks on Cuba

Published on: August 10, 2021
13:31

Ankara, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Turkish Transportation Union (Nakliyat-Is) on Tuesday denounced the attacks and the blockade of the United States on Cuba, during a demonstration in front of US embassy in this capital.

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