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This article was posted in the Socialist Progressive group and I thought I'd post it in GD to hear some other people's thoughts. I apologize for the poor formatting of the quoted segment, I can never get articles to show up right, I keep trying to make the article appear in the gray box like other people do, but it never works for me.
[In what Venezuela's government described as the "first law in the transition to socialism," President Hugo Chavez has signed into law new comprehensive labor legislation. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans marched through the streets of Caracas on May 1, International Workers' Day, to commemorate the signing of the historic document.
"The triumph of the people, of the workers, has never come about without a long process of resistance, of struggle, suffering even. This law, which I will have the honor of signing ... is the product of a long process of struggle," said President Chavez.
The legislation reduces the work week to 40 hours and seeks to abolish private sub-contracted labor in the country, which the state views as an exploitative practice and relic of neoliberal policies of the 1990s
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Earlier this year, Chavez announced a 32.5 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage, to be carried out in two phases. The first phase took effect on May 1 with an increase from 1,548 bolivares ($360) to 1,780 bolivares ($413.90). On September, it will increase another 15 percent to 2,047 bolivares ($476).
Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro called the labor law "an instrument for constructing the highest stage of socialism," and contrasted it with the anti-worker laws that are being enacted in Spain where a quarter of the labor market is unemployed. ]
http://peoplesworld.org/venezuela-s-new-labor-law-first-in-transition-to-socialism/
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)I have long had my doubts about him but this certainly resolves some of them positively. Well done! I wish we could do the same in America.
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Are desperately hoping that the cancer takes Hugo. Even a lot of the so-called "liberals" can't handle it that, somewhere, the workers are actually winning.
And it's probably why the U.S. will funnel a lot more money to the right-wing "opposition" candidate(the one who won't say what he's going to to and is pretending to be a moderate until he gets sworn in).
Agony
(2,605 posts)"Venezuela Speaks! attempts to counter this one-dimensional portrayal by highlighting the central role that grassroots social movements have played in pushing the Bolivarian Revolution forward. As one activist explains, With Chavez or without Chavez, is it better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Well, can we?