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Argentine workers confirm participation in the general strike

Published on: January 19, 2024
10:32

Buenos Aires, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Argentine State Workers Association (ATE), Rodolfo Aguiar, confirmed today the participation of that organization in a general strike and a mobilization planned for January 24.

India and US review trade in depth

Published on: January 13, 2024
10:28

New Delhi, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) India and the United States reviewed specific issues of trade at a meeting here between Minister Piyush Goyal and Trade Representative Katherine Tai, a government source informed on Saturday.

Employees close hospital in southern Haiti

Published on: December 13, 2023
18:13

Port-au-Prince, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Employees closed on Wednesday the Saint-Antoine de Jérémie hospital, the largest of its kind in the Grand Anse Haitian department, in protest for back wages.

Unemployment rate continues upward trend in Chile

Published on: November 30, 2023
00:15

Santiago, Chile, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Chile's unemployment rate reached 8.9 percent, which adds 12 consecutive months of increase, during August-October quarter, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported.

Argentine workers begin actions against Milei’s measures

Published on: November 29, 2023
08:27

Buenos Aires, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The Association of State Workers of Argentina (ATE) will initiate a series of actions aimed at denouncing the intentions of president-elect Javier Milei to make adjustments to public spending, close ministries, and privatize companies.

Technologies and climate change raise labor challenges, ILO says

Published on: November 23, 2023
12:33

Geneva, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) The global impacts of climate change and new technologies, including artificial intelligence, underline the need to improve the professional training of workers, a United Nations expert stated on Thursday.

Workers’ movement to increase food production in Cuba

Published on: November 22, 2023
13:26

Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Cuban Workers' Confederation (CTC), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, on Wednesday acknowledged the work of the workers' movement in Sancti Spíritus, and said that the country needs to increase production.

Minute of Silence at UN for staff killed in Gaza

Published on: November 13, 2023
11:15

United Nations, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations flag at its headquarters in New York is hoisted at half-mast on Monday in honor of the fallen humanitarian workers in Gaza.

Violence against aid workers threatens UN efforts in South Sudan

Published on: October 28, 2023
10:18

United Nations, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Increasing violence against humanitarian workers today threatens efforts to reach some 6.8 million men, women and children in need of UN assistance in South Sudan.

López Obrador denies trusts’ suspensions affect legal workers

Published on: October 12, 2023
12:28

Mexico City, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, denied today that the suspension of 13 of 14 trusts of the Judiciary, harmed workers as assured by the National Supreme Court of Justice.

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