On September 4, 2014, 44 years to the day after the victory of Salvador Allende during the presidential elections, the main confederation of Chilean unions the CUT called for a demonstration demanding far-reaching reforms of the Labor Code, itself an outdated legacy of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. The mobilization gathered several thousand demonstrators together. They called on ruling president Michelle Bachelet, at the head of a center-left coalition since March 2014 to make good on the campaign promise that she forgot about during her first mandate (2006-2010) yet one which she re-iterated during the presidential campaign in 2013.
24 years after the country’s return to democracy, the unions, with the CUT at the head,is this year focused on burying one of the final legacies of the military dictatorship, raising the minimum wage, broadening social protection measures, and having true gender equal pay.
Recognizing the right to strike for all and improving union representation. Central to the unions demands is the recognition of the right to strike for all. This right was removed from the constitution in 1980. The labor code
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