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3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that she believes solutions to trade disputes with the European Union on aircraft subsidies and steel and aluminum “are within reach.” FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS Tai told the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee that she is “very ser...

Chileans flocked for a third time to withdraw money from their retirement funds this week, draining nearly $10 billion from the country's privatized pension system in a move some billed as a lifeline amid a fierce second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lot of gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” who deserve work benefits, President Biden’s labor secretary said on Thursday, suggesting a shift in policy that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend on contractors such as Uber and Lyft. FILE PHOTO: Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S. April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, a ...

2 Min Read BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Health workers blocking roads near Argentina’s large Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas deposit on Monday rejected a government wage offer and vowed to continue a three-week protest that is threatening a national fuel shortage. Workers in the region are demanding higher wages amid a fierce second wave of the country’s COVID-19 epidemic. They include hospital orderlies, maids, nurses and doctors who have erected some 25 roadblocks around the town of Anelo, in N...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - One of South Africa’s largest public sector trade unions said on Saturday that it was preparing for a strike, as wage talks with the government reached a deadlock. Africa’s most industrialised nation is trying to rein in public sector salaries to arrest a rapid build-up in debt that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 budget presented in February, the National Treasury said ways to curb the wage bill could include f...

3 Min Read (Reuters) - President Joe Biden wants to put “real money” toward helping laid-off workers get new jobs in growth industries like green energy and healthcare as part of his $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure package, a top economic adviser said. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Bi...

By Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation 4 Min Read DHAKA, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka - the industry’s deadliest accident - on April 24, 2013 led some 200 brands, including H&M and Zara, to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Banglades...

By Emeline Wuilbercq, Thomson Reuters Foundation 4 Min Read ADDIS ABABA, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From free school meals to decent work for adults, African officials are working to bring child labourers who dropped out of school due to COVID-19 back into the classroom to avoid a lost generation and meet a pledge to end child labour by 2025. With school closures, income losses, deepening poverty and limited social services, children across the continent have been forced into work ...

2 Min Read BUENOS AIRES, April 13 (Reuters) - Production and other activity around Argentina’s huge Vaca Muerta oil and gas reserves in Patagonia were affected on Tuesday by health care workers who blocked roads as part of a protest to demand better wages amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to sources and officials. The protests generated work stoppages and local fuel shortages, according to a local industry source. Labor strikes are common in Argentina, where companies are hard-pressed to ...

10 Min Read * Most of 27 drivers interviewed in the dark on insurance claims * Drivers set up informal groups for assistance, financial support JOHANNESBURG/BERLIN, April 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - M ore than a year after Malawian driver Matthew was hit by a car while delivering food on his motorbike in South Africa, he lives with a shooting pain in his foot and fears for his life every time he hits the road. His injuries, including a broken toe and various cuts, left him unable to work ...