World Bank recommends Peru loosen labor regulation
The World Bank recommended this week that Peru loosen its labor regulation in order to improve productivity…
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Workers call indefinite strike at southern Peru iron mine
Mineworkers have announced an indefinite strike at the Marcona iron mine in the Ica state of southern…
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Peru enacts laws to combat construction industry extortion
Peru’s government enacted by decree a group of laws intended to combat increasingly powerful extortion…
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Government backtracks on minimum wage increase
Prime minister Pedro Cateriano announced that Peru would not increase the minimum wage before the end…
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Lima police launch ‘mega-operations’ to battle rising crime
Thousands of police descended on high-crime neighborhoods in Lima over the weekend in raids aimed at…
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Nationwide march for minimum wage increase
Peru’s largest labor organization held a national protest today to demand a doubling of the minimum…
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Shootout between rival unions kills one in Huaral
Assassins opened fire on a group of five construction workers union members in Huaral yesterday, killing…
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Violent construction workers strike near La Libertad gold mine
A construction workers strike near Barrick Gold’s Lagunas Norte gold mine in La Libertad turned violent…
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$100 million Callao dockworkers strike ends
A dockworkers union strike which began last month at the port of Callao near Lima cost Peruvian businesses…
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Union leader assassinated near Lima
The leader of a local construction workers union was assassinated in the Huaral province of Lima on…
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