Inaesin reported 30 labor disputes in July

• According to the institute’s report, most of the complaints were registered in the Capital District, Aragua and Lara.

The Institute for Advanced Trade Union Studies (Inaesin) revealed on July 5 that during the second quarter of 2024, the Observatory of Labor Conflicts and Trade Union Management recorded 155 labor conflicts.

According to the report, 30 of the protests were recorded in the month of June, a decrease of 39 compared to May, when 69 were recorded.

Inaesin attributed the decrease in the number of complaints to the proximity of the presidential elections on July 28, due to the fact that workers supported the calls to form working groups for the electoral campaigns.

In the press release of the entity, they highlighted that the education sector was responsible for 50% of the protests in June.

This sector was followed by protests by health sector personnel with 10%, and in third place were workers in basic industries with 6.67%.

Photo: Inaesin

Reasons for labor disputes

The Observatory of Labor Conflicts highlighted that claims for decent wages led the reasons for discontent with 63.33% of cases.

Secondly, demands for better working conditions accounted for 16.67% of protests, while workplace harassment appeared in 10% of workers’ complaints.

Regarding sectors, the majority of labor disputes were carried out by public administration workers with 93.33%.

Inaesin also highlighted that representatives of the different unions supported the June conflicts in 50% of them.

90% of the complaints were in the form of claims and the rest were demonstrations and protests.

The report recorded that the entities with the highest number of labor conflicts were the Capital District (20%), Lara (16.67%) and Aragua (10%).

“Workers’ organizations continue to denounce the terrible conditions in which they provide their services, as well as the low salaries they receive, which prevent them from covering their basic needs, so they have to resort to other activities that help them compensate for their income,” said Inaesin.

Photo: Inaesin.

Labor conflicts in the first quarter

The Observatory of Labor Conflict and Union Management reported on April 4 that they documented 170 labor disputes during the first quarter of 2024a decrease of 46.54% compared to the 318 claims reported in the same period in 2023.

The Education, Health and Other sectors dominated the conflicts with 29.55%, 20.45% and 15.91%, respectively.

Inaesin stated that union support was present in 70.45% of the claims and that public sector employees dominated the cases with 90.91%.

Of the total number of conflicts in the first three months of the year, 42.63% were carried out by education workers, 17.02% by health personnel and 11.66% by various sectors that were grouped together in the same protest.

Inaesin indicated that the entities in which the greatest number of conflicts occurred in the first three months of the year were: Capital District (25.18%), Bolívar (9.64%) and Lara (7.48%).

The organization stated that 60.73% of the protests were related to wage claims and 14.81% to better working conditions.

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