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Labour News from South America

Brazil 3rd Plenary Meeting of the UGT Brasil National Executive Board [Labour News Network] For more info   05-Jul-2008  

Brazil UGT Brasil Conducts Protest for a Shorter Work Week [Labour News Network] For more info   05-Jul-2008  

Brazil "Reduced Work Shift Increases Pace of Production" [Labour News Network] For more info   05-Jul-2008  

Brazil UGT Brasil Participates in Front Against Slave Labor [Labour News Network] For more info   05-Jul-2008  

Peru Protests create chaos in capital [TMC Net]  04-Jul-2008  

Peru Mineworkers End Strike at Three Operations [Bloomberg]  04-Jul-2008  

Peru Union support sags on Day 5 of Peru mining strike [Reuters]  04-Jul-2008  

Peru Union at Freeport Peru mine cancels plan to strike [Reuters]  04-Jul-2008  

Paraguay Teachers Demand More Funds [Prensa Latina]  03-Jul-2008  

Peru Miners Block Road [Prensa Latina]  03-Jul-2008  

USA/Colombia Teamsters Launch Radio Ad Blasting McCain for Colombia Trip [Teamsters]  02-Jul-2008  

Peru Workers press Congress for more mining profits [The Guardian]  02-Jul-2008  

Peru Union says Freeport's Cerro Verde heads for strike [Reuters]  02-Jul-2008  

Peru Labour ministry declares mining strike illegal [Reuters]  02-Jul-2008  

Peru Southern Copper says working despite Peru strike [Reuters]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Mines hit by nationwide strike [el Economista]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Mines hit by nationwide strike [Reuters]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Mining strike goes into second day [el Economista]  01-Jul-2008  

Brazil Oilmen stage warning strike, output not hurt [Reuters]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Buenaventura Uchucchacua mine halts on strike [Reuters]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Barrick Gold says Peru work operating as normal [Reuters]  01-Jul-2008  

Peru Miners ready for nationwide strike [Reuters]  30-Jun-2008  

Peru Mine workers begin national strike over pensions, profits [Bloomberg]  30-Jun-2008  

Peru National Strike Begins Today in Mining Sector [ICEM] For more info   30-Jun-2008  

Paraguay PSI affiliate leader elected to Parliament [PSI]  28-Jun-2008  

Argentina State Workers’ Union (ATE) leader kidnapped [CUPE]  25-Jun-2008  

Global/Brazil 12th IMF World Auto Council meets in São Paulo [IMF]  25-Jun-2008  

Colombia Two More Trade Unionists Assassinated [ITUC]  25-Jun-2008  

Colombia IFJ welcomes news that Columbian journalist freed by guerillas [IFJ]  24-Jun-2008  

Venezuela Cement industry nationalised [BWI]  24-Jun-2008  

Peru Miners Reach Accord, End 11-Day Strike [Bloomberg]  21-Jun-2008  

Peru Union lifts strike at Southern Copper Cuajone mine [Reuters]  20-Jun-2008  

Peru Union reaches deal to end Cerro Verde strike [The Guardian]  20-Jun-2008  

Peru Alternative court finds agroindustrial company guilty of violating human rights and labor agreements [Latinamerica Press]  19-Jun-2008  

Colombia No reduction in assassinations and death threats [ITUC]  19-Jun-2008  

Peru Union strikes at Southern Copper Peru Cuajone mine [Reuters]  18-Jun-2008  

Argentina General Confederation of Labor (CGT) backs Govt against farmers' blockades [Prensa Latina]  18-Jun-2008  

Peru Workers extend Southern Copper Cuajone mine strike [Reuters]  18-Jun-2008  

Argentina Biggest Union Urges Turnout for Government Rally [Bloomberg]  18-Jun-2008  

Peru Workers extend Southern Copper Cuajone mine strike [Reuters]  18-Jun-2008  

Peru Strike cuts output at Southern Copper Peru mine [Reuters]  18-Jun-2008  

Bolivia Truckers Strike [The Peace Reporter]  16-Jun-2008  

Colombia Truckers strike over fuel costs [Reuters]  16-Jun-2008  

Colombia ILO to keep an eye on Labour Rights [Inter-Press Service]  15-Jun-2008  

Brazil/Finland Displaced Finnish factory workers and landless peasants in Brazil have become unlikely allies [Inter-Press Service]  15-Jun-2008  

Peru Government sends fuel as mining protests isolate cities [Reuters]  15-Jun-2008  

Peru Freeport Workers to Block Mine After Labor Talks Fail [Bloomberg]  14-Jun-2008  

Bolivia Domestics to Gain Healthcare Coverage [IPS]  13-Jun-2008  

Argentina Transport strike provokes new food shortages [The International Herald Tribune]  13-Jun-2008  

Colombia/Canada Ottawa trade deal with Colombia ignores union murders [NUPGE]  10-Jun-2008  

Peru Business Fights Restrictions on Outsourcing [Inter-Press Service]  09-Jun-2008  

Colombia 13 female trade union leaders were killed in the first 11 months of 2006, 15 in 2005 and 16 in 2004 [Inter-Press Service]  09-Jun-2008  

Chile Cargo mounts as Chile port strike moors ships [Reuters]  07-Jun-2008  

Colombia/UK Stop smearing trade unionists, Brit TUC tells Colombian Government at ILO [TUC]  06-Jun-2008  

Colombia ILO Conference 2008: Colombia Appears Before Conference Standards Committee [PSI]  06-Jun-2008  

Canada/Colombia Canadian and Colombian union leaders meet on free trade [CUPE]  04-Jun-2008  

Colombia ILO: Colombia Appears Before Conference Standards Committee [ITUC]  04-Jun-2008  

Canada/Colombia Moist meets Colombian union leader on free trade [CUPE]  04-Jun-2008  

Bolivia Bolivia nationalizes oil, gas pipeline [Radio New Zealand]  03-Jun-2008  

Peru Buoyant Union Gets First Contract at Procter & Gamble's Consumer Products Plant [ICEM] For more info   02-Jun-2008  

Argentina Actors union ends dispute with Coppola [Reuters]  01-Jun-2008  

Peru Mining unions call nationwide strike [Reuters]  31-May-2008  

Peru Union mulls new strike [Steel Guru]  29-May-2008  

Brazil At InBev, a Gung-Ho Culture Rules [WSJ]  29-May-2008  

Uruguay Port Paralyzed by Strike [Prensa Latina]  29-May-2008  

Peru Casapalca mine contract workers’ accident clarified [IMF]  28-May-2008  

Peru Casapalca mine contract workers’ accident clarified [IMF]  28-May-2008  

Argentina Actors Union: Coppola film postponed because of wage anomalies [Prensa Latina]  25-May-2008  

Colombia/Canada Voice of million Canadian workers say stop killings, end free trade talks [CUPE]  23-May-2008  

Mexico/Peru Publicising the Mexican mining conflict in Peru: political leaders promise solidarity [IMF]  23-May-2008  

Canada/Chile Chilean and Canadian miners sign Teck Cominco Chain Global Accord [Steel Guru]  23-May-2008  

Brazil CONTAG 'Grito da Terra' (Cry of the Earth') Highlights Struggle for A New Model of Agriculture [IUF]  23-May-2008