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LATIN AMERICA
NEWS
| Tuesday
14
December 2010 |
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Chilean
Public
Workers
Strike
Again
SANTIAGO
DE CHILE
-
Chilean
workers
from all
14
public
workers
trade
unions
mobilized
again on
Monday
for
higher
wages
and
against
mass
layoffs.
The
public
workers
will
express
their
discontent
through
strikes
and
marches,
said
Arturo
Martinez,
president
of the
Central
Union of
Chilean
Workers.
"We will
fight to
the
end,"
said the
president
of the
Association
of
Public
Workers,
Raul de
la
Puente,
who
criticized
the
government's
rejection
of the
union's
wage
hike
proposals.
The
workers
are
demanding
an
increase
of more
than six
percent,
while
the
administration
proposes
a 4.2
percent
raise,
which
will be
discussed
Tuesday
in
Parliament.
The
demonstration
today
takes
place in
front of
Plaza
Los
Heroes,
in the
capital,
and
tomorrow
workers
will
protest
at
legislative
headquarters
in the
city of
Valparaiso.
De la
Puente
said
some
8,000
workers
have
been
fired
because
of
preferential
treatment
or
political
reasons
rather
than an
alleged
lack of
professional
capacity.
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