Tag: workers
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Colombia’s Ecopetrol raises workers’ wages for 4 years
Colombia’s Ecopetrol has struck an agreement with trade unions to raise workers’ salaries in the face of inflation, as well as to support communities near the company’s facilities. And the company stated – in a press release issued on Monday (May 22, 2023) – that it had reached a 4-year contract with 7 unions, which…
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The energy crisis forces the largest chemical complex in the world to lay off 2,600 workers
The energy crisis, which hit Europe in 2022 against the backdrop of the Russian-Ukrainian war, cast a shadow over the world’s largest chemical complex. The German company, BASF, revealed a plan to cut 2,600 jobs and reduce production in Germany. Europe’s largest chemical producer is preparing for a future without cheap Russian gas, according to…
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Fuel supplies in France are disrupted by the oil workers’ strike
Fuel supplies in France are experiencing a new disruption, after oil workers went on strike today, Thursday 26 January; Protesting the country’s pension reform. The strike continues for 48 hours at oil refineries in France, at the invitation of the oil branch of the General Confederation of Labor, in preparation for the second day of…
