Uruguayan tannery workers downed tools and stopped work for 24 hours on February 13 in protest over their employers’ failure to comply with a salary agreement signed last November.

Under the deal, tannery owners agreed to increase wages, and backdate the rise to July 2007. However, this has not been the case despite the Tannery Workers Union (UOC) having held meetings with delegates from the Leather Industry Chamber and National Department for Employment to discuss the overdue pay.

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