Just like what happened two years ago, Uruguayan plenary workers’ interunion-national workers’ convention (Plenaria Intersidical de Trabajadores-Convención Nacional de Trabajadores, PIT-CNT) had to overcome internal tensions before giving a 24-hour strike notice for this Thursday, October 7th. The sector most hostile to the Mujica administration initially wanted work stoppages over two days, October 6th and October 7th. In the end, an agreement between the radical and moderate sectors providing for a single day of strike, from midnight to midnight, was unanimously approved by the representative committee of the PIT-CNT, the country’s only trade union. Meetings will be held in workplaces and demonstrations will be organized in urban centers. Civil servants will protest against the five-year budget plan the government introduced in congress, considering that they do not get enough resources. The PIT-CNT also said that the general strike aims to denounce the way Pay Councils (Consejos de Salarios) work. It considers them too slow. Reinstated in early 2005 by the former administration, these structures composed of representatives from businesses, unions and the government have to determine guidelines for pay evolution.
(Consejos de Salarios) work. It considers them too slow. Reinstated in early 2005 by the former administration, these structures composed of representatives from businesses, unions and the government have to determine guidelines for pay evolution.
Planet Labor, October 6, 2010, No. 100704 – www.planetlabor.com
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