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Leader of Venezuelan oil union arrested over collective bargaining
http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/140203/leader-of-venezuelan-oil-union-arrested-over-collective-bargainingOther nine workers were detained as well
Ten workers of the Venezuelan oil industry, including the secretary general of the United Federation of Oil-Sector Workers of Venezuela (Futpv), José Bodas, were detained early on Monday after demanding the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement. The last agreement expired in October 2013.
Sources explained that the arrest took place during a general assembly held at the gates of Puerto La Cruz refinery, northeast Venezuela.
The action set off the alarms among different unions.