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ECUADOR’S largest trade union has called for a national general strike on January 28 in protest at attacks on workers’ rights and plans to privatise the country’s energy sector.
United Workers’ Front Union (FUT) president Mesias Tatamuez announced industrial action at a press conference on Monday as a protest against the neoliberal reform policies of President Lenin Moreno.
Mr Moreno is due to stand down as president, with an election scheduled for February 7 in which 16 candidates are vying for the post. Polls in December showed leftist candidate Andres Arauz with a 14 point lead over his nearest rival. In a damning indictment of Mr Moreno, his favoured candidate Ximena Pena is polling at a paltry 1.2 per cent of the vote.
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
