Uruguay Govt battles TU strikes

Uruguay: The Uruguayan Government faces a week of conflicts because of the trade union strikes, not more than eight months after the second administration of the Frente Amplio leftwing coalition assumed the Executive in this South American country. Analysts pointed out that the expectations of the trade unions were founded in a deepening made by current Uruguayan President José Mujica of the changes during the mandate of Tabaré Vazquez (2005-2010). Uruguayan Public Health Federation and of the National Convention of Workers leader Jorge Bermudez questioned the current administration for not going beyond the precedent reforms in recent statements to newspaper Ultimas Noticias.

“If the change is not pushed on, the conservative sectors will go against. That happens when the social and political bases pushing for the change get weakened.

I am not saying that the FA has arrived to this conclusion, but it is in an area of danger”, he said.

Montevideo, Prensa Latina