Tag Archive | "union"
Posted on 07 January 2010. Tags: distance, drivers, future, hundreds, increases, long, passengers, strike, union, wages, workers
A surprising strike made by workers of the Urban Transport Workers Union (AWU) affected by a few hours ago hundreds of passengers at the terminal of Retiro. Drivers of long-distance buses were demanding for increases in their wages. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
Posted in General, Video
Posted on 23 December 2009. Tags: barricade, esso, lift, oil company, proterst, truck drivers, union
The Ministry of Labor in Buenos Aires province, after a mediation conference with representatives of the Truck Drivers Union lifted the strike that lasted two days.
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Posted on 19 December 2009. Tags: abel, dialogue, education, minister, posse, protest, resign, teacher, union
Education Minister Abel Posse said that he does not intend to resign and he accused the teachers unions of not being politically open to enter into dialogue.
Posted in National, Politics
Posted on 16 December 2009. Tags: calendar, club, deportiva, footballers, naquera, nude, sexy, union, valencia
Ten female footballers from Union Deportiva Naquera club in Valencia, posed naked for a sexy calendar. The idea is to raise funds to improve the club.
Posted in General, Sports
Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: clashes, dispute, incidents, union, uocra
Two opposing groups of the Construction Workers Union engaged in a fierce battle including shots in a construction site in Galicia Villa, Lomas de Zamora District.
Posted in National
Posted on 30 November 2009. Tags: adultered medicines, arrest, bank workers, drugs mafia, paula aballay, union, zanola
Juan Jose Zanola bank workers’ union leader and his wife, the unionist, Paula Aballay, were arrested together with other suspects in a raid ordered by judge Oyarbide, who is in charge of the investigation of the adulterated drugs trade.
Posted in General
Posted on 25 November 2009. Tags: buenos aires, city, classes, macri, province, Scioli, strike, teachers, union
Buenos Aires City Teachers began a 48-hour strike demanding better salaries, while teachers from Buenos Aires Province continue with the strike that started yesterday.
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Posted on 16 November 2009. Tags: care, clinics, contribution, corruption, Cristina, fund, graciela, Health, hospital, hugo, Kirchner, medical, minister, money, moyano, ocaña, plans, service, union
The former Health Minister, Graciela Ocana, today described as “serious” the government’s possible decision about increasing the resources for medical care plans, knowing that in most of the cases, the money “ends up in the hands of some union leaders” instead of improving the medical service.
Posted in Politics
Posted on 12 November 2009. Tags: airline, buenos aires, end, flights, lan, pilots, strike, union, workers
Moments ago, the unions announced the lifting of the strike, which affected the airline LAN, so the evening flights would begin to be reprogrammed.
Posted in National
Posted on 11 November 2009. Tags: buenos aires, metro, subway, union, workers
Having staged a 24-hour strike, Buenos Aires subway workers claiming for legal recognition of their union decided to offer a truce until next week.
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Posted on 09 November 2009. Tags: angela, anniversary, barack, berlin, berliner, capitalist, celebration, chancellor, clinton, cold war, collapse, dmitry, escape, europe, fall, france, german, germany, gorbachev, gordon brown, hillary, leader, lech walesa, medvedev, merkel, nicolas, Obama, polish, president, russia, sarkozy, solidarity, soviet, tyranny, uk, union, wall
World leaders have hailed the Berlin Wall’s fall in celebrations 20 years on from the upheaval that changed Europe. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
Posted in Video, World
Posted on 07 November 2009. Tags: blobk, Clarín, de narvaez, dictatorship, government, la nacion, moyano, newspapers, truckers, union
Francisco De Narvaez, reelected deputy asked the justice and President Fernandez de Kirchner to intervene, saying that “You can not be neutral when someone tries to shamelessly violate the Constitution.”
Posted in Politics
Posted on 07 November 2009. Tags: died, jose rodriguez, smata, union
Jose Rodriguez, former head of mechanics union SMATA for 36 years died today at 74,
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Posted on 07 November 2009. Tags: distribution, moyano, newspaper, trucker, union
The truckers’ union with about 300 militants cut off the circulation of vehicles that were prepared to distribute copies of La Nacion and Clarin newspapers.
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Posted on 06 November 2009. Tags: anibal fernandez, attack, delegate, dissident, family, metro, nestor, pianelli, premetro, press conference, registration, segovia, strike, subway, underground, union, uta
At a press conference, subway-dissident delegates announced a 24-hour strike “at the least” for next Tuesday in Buenos Aires, which will cover all six subway lines and the Premetro.
Posted in National
Posted on 06 November 2009. Tags: bullets, conference, cut, cuts, delegate, dissident, force, hotel, measure, moreno, nestor, press, rubber, segovia, service, strike, subway, threat, underground, union, uta, worker
Dissident delegate Nestor Segovia today claimed that his family was attacked by a group of ten people and the police at his home in Moreno. Today they’ll hold a new meeting which could result in a new strike.
Posted in National
Posted on 05 November 2009. Tags: carlos, chief, extortion, labour, minister, ministry, strike, subway, tomada, underground, union, uta, worker
Amid turmoil among subway workers, Labor Minister Carlos Tomada, called the strike held by the former delegates as “extortion”. He also considers UTA as the only wokers’ representative. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
Posted in Politics, Video
Posted on 05 November 2009. Tags: buenos aires, strike, subway, union, uta
Again today, subway service will be disrupted, affecting a million people. The strike will go on from 11 am today until tomorrow. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
Posted in General, National, Video
Posted on 04 November 2009. Tags: agtsyp, association, awu, cut, dellecarbonara, labor, mastandrea, measure, metrovias, ministry, premetro, segovia, service, stop, strike, subway, tomada, trade, underground, union, users, uta, worker
The subway workers announced today a service’s strike from 11am tomorrow until Friday at 5hs demanding the creation of a new union.
Posted in General
Posted on 04 November 2009. Tags: block, Clarín, la nacion, leader, moyano, newspaper, plant, union, unionist
The secretary general of the CGT, Hugo Moyano, along with members of the truck drivers labor union, blocked again this morning the distribution of the newspapers La Nacion and Clarin.
Posted in National, Politics