APPS & WORK UK top court shakes up gig economy with ruling against Uber 19-02-2021 14:19 UK's Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are entitled to breaks, holiday pay and minimum wage, in what has been described as "another nail in the coffin" for the gig economy.
Global Pandemic Venezuela to begin Covid immunisation programme with Sputnik V 18-02-2021 12:44 President Nicolás Maduro announces healthcare workers, legislators, members of the Armed Forces and authorities will start to receive Covid-19 vaccines, with mass immunisation campaign is planned for April.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Argentina better prepared for Covid-19 second wave, says official 06-02-2021 08:32 Health Minister Ginés González García says Argentina has signed contracts for the provision for 62 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines – but provides little information on delivery dates.
Coronavirus vaccine Argentina begins administering second Sputnik V doses 19-01-2021 22:43 The government began administering second doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine Tuesday after receiving another shipment of 300,000 shots at the weekend.
Bloomberg Argentine soy workers reach deal on wage hike, ending strike 30-12-2020 13:43 Soybean workers reached an agreement on wage talks, ending a strike that had snarled shipments and fuelled a surge in Chicago futures.
AS I SEE IT The great coronavirus war 26-12-2020 09:38 What made the coronavirus pandemic so special was not the mortality rate but the almost universal decision to tell people to stop “non-essential” work and hunker down until a vaccine relief force finally put an end to the siege. by James Neilson
TRANS RIGHTS Trans footballer Mara Gómez makes history with women's league debut 09-12-2020 09:58 Footballer Mara Gómez makes history, becoming first transgender player to play a match in Argentina's women's championship.
Trans rights Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals 24-11-2020 09:10 Argentina's Army has been included on a list of official bodies that must comply with new legislation guaranteeing the incorporation of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people into the workplace, according to press reports.
BLOOMBERG Billionaire-backed Argentine fintech Ualá launches in Mexico 29-09-2020 15:30 Ualá, the mobile payments startup backed by heavyweight billionaire investors George Soros and Steve Cohen, expands beyond Argentina into Mexico.
Protest in capital Sex workers stage protest in Buenos Aires 22-09-2020 01:25 Sex workers demand right to return to work, denounce police violence and demand reopening of hotels, as group warns they face “situation of extreme vulnerability.”
Lava Jato Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering 15-09-2020 08:24 Prosecutors in sprawling 'Lava Jato' corruption investigation charge former president with money-laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.
TRANS RIGHTS Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs 04-09-2020 16:40 One percent of state jobs must be reserved for transgender people, according to a decree published yesterday in the Official Gazette.
Coronavirus pandemic Precarious workers struggle to get by on delivery jobs, state aid 21-08-2020 02:05 Many informal workers, who found themselves unemployed overnight when the pandemic hit, are scraping by on state support packages or low-paid delivery jobs.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC President extends Covid-19 lockdown ‘on same terms’ despite surge in cases 01-08-2020 08:47 ‘Cuarentena sin cambios’ – Lockdown in Buenos Aires metropolitan area extended until August 16, after week of record numbers of cases and fatalities.
100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE 100 days of quarantine 27-06-2020 07:48 On March 20, President Alberto Fernández told the nation in a televised address that all citizens would enter a mandatory quarantine period in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Though restrictions in some regions have now been loosened, many Argentines are today waking up this morning to their 100th day of lockdown. Here’s a look back at how the pandemic has changed our lives. by Michael Soltys
Global pandemic Sex workers sharing food to survive during virus pandemic 07-06-2020 21:41 With no possibility of making a living during the pandemic, Peruvian sex workers have organised a soup kitchen in order to survive with their children.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Virus forges rare accord among Venezuela's bitter rivals, Maduro and Guaidó 03-06-2020 16:04 One-page agreement, signed June 1 by Maduro's health minister and National Assembly representative, says both sides will work in coordination to find funds for fighting the coronavirus.
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS May 2nd-May 9th: What we learned this week 09-05-2020 08:15 Key stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Coronavirus Pandemic Celebrating May Day in the midst of a pandemic 01-05-2020 19:13 Across the globe workers celebrate, strike and demonstrate for International Workers' Day. In Argentina, essential employees are praised by the government while demonstrations take place during a lockdown.
Coronavirus Pandemic Pandemic upends lives of Latin America's domestic servants 28-04-2020 12:34 The coronavirus pandemic in Latin America has hit domestic workers particularly hard, often leaving maids without income or forcing them to be stranded at the homes of their employers.
Survival during quarantine Fleeing pandemic, many Venezuelan migrants head home 22-04-2020 14:27 The Mayor of Cali, Jorge Ivan Ospina, announced on Sunday that a "humanitarian corridor" was opened for Venezuelans who wanted to return to their country. Most have lose their income during government-imposed lockdowns - or out of fear of epidemic-fueled xenophobia.
survival during quarantine The agony of Colombia's quarantined sex workers 22-04-2020 14:18 Survival has become a struggle for Colombia's sex workers during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Now, with half of humanity in confinement and those places off limits, they are struggling on handouts and meager savings.
Coronavirus pandemic 14% of those infected with Covid-19 in Argentina are healthcare professionals 17-04-2020 11:59 Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti reveals 374 health workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus, with three fatalities among them.
Coronavirus pandemic ‘We want to come home,' say 2,200 Argentines stranded in Andorra 16-04-2020 15:39 Some 2,200 Argentines stranded in Andorra by the coronavirus, most of them temporary workers in ski resorts on the verge of running out of money, are demanding on social networks and the media that the government facilitate their return to the country.
Tech giant Amazon threatens to halt key French centres after court ruling 15-04-2020 09:44 Online retailer Amazon warned Wednesday it may be forced to halt activity at its distribution centres and reduce service in France following a court ruling on measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus among its workers.
Long read A city under siege: 24 hours in the fight to save New York 09-04-2020 19:49 Before the pandemic swept in, the United States' biggest, loudest city often lived up to its own hype. Then the coronavirus all but shut it down, claiming lives from the Bronx to the Battery and beyond.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS Thousands rally to demand gender equality in National Feminist Strike 09-03-2020 22:48 Demonstrators call for legal and free abortion, gender-pay equality, and end to gender violence during two days of rallies across the country.
SALARY NEGOTIATIONS Fernández asks workers not to make ‘excessive demands’ in wage talks 03-01-2020 06:00 “I want to ask those who work to take the situation into account and not make undue demands because that impacts economic results,” said the president in an interview with Radio 10.
Venezuela Two Venezuelan union leaders detained and deported from Ezeiza airport 02-12-2019 16:07 Wills Rangel and Jacobo Torres were travelling to Buenos Aires for a global meeting of labour union leaders. However, they were reportedly forbidden from entering Argentina, detained on a plane and sent back to Venezuela.
CONSTRUCTION Techint suspends on work on nuclear reactor due to 'late payment' 13-11-2019 16:47 Officials from firm briefs workers that shutdown is a result of late payments from the national government. At least 270 workers placed on suspension by company.
BREAKING NEWS Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula's release from jail 08-11-2019 16:45 Judge authorises release of jailed ex-president, after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for thousands of convicts to be freed.
FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE More spinal than umbilical cord: the ILO and Argentina 12-10-2019 11:52 Argentina’s current relationship with the ILO needs to be viewed through the prism of over seven decades of Peronist trade unionism. by Michael Soltys
CHUBUT DEBT CRISIS No end in sight to Chubut’s debt crisis as workers pay price 12-10-2019 11:23 Driven by crushing provincial debt and economic mismanagement, public workers in Chubut are on strike as they face the second so-called “staggered pay” situation in two years. by Lucas Robinson
SPECIAL FEATURE Students take over schools in Chubut amid crippling debt crisis 12-10-2019 09:56 Three months into a teachers strike over unpaid salaries and the shocking condition of public schools in the oil-rich province, students have had enough. by Lucas Robinson
SiPreBA report 94% of freelance press workers in Buenos Aires earn below poverty line 09-10-2019 07:00 New SiPreBA survey reveals concerning data about freelance press workers in the capital, with more than 9 out of 10 saying they earn a salary which places them below INDEC's poverty line.
ACCIDENT AT EZEIZA One dead, at least 13 injured in accident at Ezeiza airport 25-09-2019 09:32 Airport operator confirms fatality after incident at building site, where new terminal is being constructed for Argentina's major international airport.
ELECTION 2019 I want to 'help unite Argentines,' declares Fernández de Kirchner 01-08-2019 17:34 Former president and vice-presidential hopeful decries lack of 'sensitivity' among government leaders at a women-only event in Buenos Aires, painting Macri administration as out of touch.
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL Fernández calls Lula's arrest 'stain on Brazil' as he visits leader in jail 05-07-2019 10:15 Presidential hopeful says he sees events in Brazil "with concern" and argues Lula's conviction is not on steady ground, as he casts shadow over future of EU-Mercosur deal.