Bolivia: Workers' Central Union maintains pressure against Decree 5503

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This Thursday, the Bolivian Workers' Central Union (COB) marched in La Paz, continuing its mobilizations against Supreme Decree 5503. The union has now protested uninterrupted for 11 days, demanding the repeal of the measure, which they consider harmful to workers and the popular economy. While a delegation meets with the national government, COB leaders confirmed that protests and hunger strikes will persist, warning that actions will not stop despite upcoming talks scheduled for Monday. The organization reiterated its firm rejection of Decree 5503, denouncing it as a return to neoliberal adjustment policies that sell the country to transnational corporations and private companies.    #teleSUREnglish #Bolivia #COB #WorkersUnion #Decree5503 #LaPaz #Protests #PopularEconomy

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00:00This Thursday, the Bolivian Workers' Central Union march in La Paz

00:03and continues to apply pressure against Government Decree 5503.

00:08With this mobilization, the union has now been protesting uninterrupted for 11 days

00:12to demand the repeal of Supreme Decree 5503, which is considered harmful to workers.

00:19The Workers' Union indicates that while the delegation meets with the national government,

00:23the protests and hunger strikes will continue,

00:26and although they confirmed that they will hold talks with the government on Monday,

00:30they warned that the protests' action will not stop.

00:33In addition, the group retweeted the firm position of all workers against Law 5503,

00:40which constitutes a direct attack on the popular economy

00:42and a return to neoliberal structural adjustment recipes,

00:46selling the country to transnational corporations and private companies.

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