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Pension reform in Chile, necessary but controversial (+Photo)

Published on: January 19, 2025
09:42

Santiago de Chile, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) After 10 years of debates on pension reform, Chile is accelerating its pace to reach an agreement to improve pensions, a controversial issue that today generates expectations.

Majority of Chileans consider urgent pension reform

Published on: December 16, 2024
10:15

Santiago de Chile, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The 80 percent of Chileans consider it very important that the pension reform be approved before the end of the current government, according to the results of the Plaza Pública Cadem survey released here today.

Seoul Subway Workers Announce General Strike

Published on: November 19, 2024
10:40

Seoul, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Unionized workers of the Seoul subway will launch a general strike next December 6 to demand a wage and staff increase.

Samsung workers’ strike in southern India enters second month

Published on: October 11, 2024
10:05

New Delhi, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The strike at the Samsung plant in southern India, today entered the second month after the rejection of an offer that does not recognize union rights.

Bernie Sanders: We need to end starvation wages in the U.S.

Published on: September 3, 2024
11:36

Washington, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) We need to end starvation wages in the United States and achieve living wages, Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in an article reproduced in digital media.

Mass dismissal of striking doctors in Kenyan hospital

Published on: April 10, 2024
12:06

Nairobi, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The Kenya University Hospital announced the dismissal of 100 doctors from various specialties who went on a nationwide strike that began almost a month ago.

Argentine healthcare workers to go on strike

Published on: February 20, 2024
12:21

Buenos Aires, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Federation of Argentine Health Workers' Associations, Héctor Daer, said on Tuesday that a 24-hour strike will be staged next Thursday.

ECLAC warns about gender gaps in labor market

Published on: November 24, 2023
00:15

Santiago, Chile, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) The increase in women's participation in the regional labor market has slowed down and historic gender gaps has persisted in the last decade, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned in a report.

Trinidad and Tobago’s PM urges to raise police wages

Published on: July 18, 2023
16:35

Port of Spain, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina)Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Tuesday advocated to raise wages to police officers to form the known vetted units for members with higher integrity.

Chile reports seventh consecutive increase in unemployment rate

Published on: June 30, 2023
00:15

Santiago, Chile, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the unemployment rate in the March-May mobile quarter had an increase of 0.7 points and stood at 8.7 percent.

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