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Weekly Report - 16 July 2015 (WR-15-28)
PERU: Unions try to ratchet up pressure on Humala
The umbrella trade union Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú (CGTP) mobilised thousands of members in a day of protest against the economic policies of the government led by President Ollanta Humala on 9 July. The president of the CGTP, Carmela Sifuentes, claimed that 25,000 workers demonstrated nationwide (4,000 marched to congress in Lima), staging marches and erecting roadblocks to demand, inter alia, that the minimum wage be doubled from NS$750 (US$235) to NS$1,500; greater respect for labour rights and collective bargaining; and that the government take significant steps to combat corruption and impunity.
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