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Sept 04, 2023 - University students partially closed, the Transístmica highway, near the entrance to the University of Panama. Only two traffic lanes were enabled on t

The trade unionists Reynaldo Cortés, Alonso Meléndez, Alcides Bracho, Néstor Astudillo, Gabriel Blanco and Emilio Negrín were participating in the mobilizations to demand respect for labor human rights, fair wages and the repeal of memorandum 2792 and subsequent instructions from the National Budget Office (Onapre).

Montevideo, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Ten Uruguayan police officers have committed suicide so far this year, a problem that persists despite complaints from police unions.

The Independent Union of Workers of Audi Mexico (SITAUDI) unilaterally extended a January 1 strike deadline by 10 days, despite two decisive contract rejection votes by workers, while 440 workers at Howard Brown Health clinics in Chicago returned after a three-day walkout.

Nurses in Marina Del Rey, California, staged a walkout while those in Burbank picketed and thousands of New York City private hospital nurses meanwhile appeared set to overwhelmingly grant strike authorization as patient loads surge during “tridemic” of COVID, flu and RSV.

Workers at a Bridgestone tire plant outside Buenos Aires have walked out over the dismissal of three workers, while musicians of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic are fighting for salary increases.

Thousands of Uruguayans took part in a partial national strike called for by the PIT-CNT and mobilized against the right-wing national government, its austerity policies, rising hunger, high cost of living, privatization of public companies, among other issues

Thousands of Panamanians have been on strike since July 1 to demand the government of Laurentino Cortizo take immediate action to address the country’s economic crisis

An agreement has been reached between Argentinas Single Union of Argentine Tire Workers (SUTNA) and the three companies operating in the country, thus bringing the five-month conflict that left the country virtually tireless to an end.

Tradesmen at Seaspan shipyard operations in North Vancouver and Victoria have stopped work in support of Seaspan tugboat captains and engineers, who have been without a contract since 2019.