1) Investigations into corruption, money laundering and tax evasion by #Argentina's unions "might force their leaders to clean their image," notwithstanding criticism of partisan prosecutions, @InSightCrime's @josefinasalomon reports. https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/argentina-unions-struggle-ditch-mafia-accusations/ …
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#Argentina's unions are influential in part because of their size, with a trade union density of 28% (2014), compared to 10% in the U.S. (2016), according to@ilo.Show this thread -
4) Union management of worker health plans (obras sociales) is another important source of union strength in
#Argentina, which helped unions recover influence lost during the "Dirty War" as a result of repression and deindustrialization.Show this thread -
5) Nevertheless, labor's share of national income has been declining in
#Argentina, and at 43% (2014), according to@PennWorldTable, is now below Perón's preferred equal split.Show this thread
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