Workers Struggles: The Americas
Latin America
Puerto Rican electrical workers union calls one-day strike over government energy contract
On March 3, the Electrical and Irrigation Workers Union (Utier) of Puerto Rico announced a 24-hour strike to begin at 10 PM, March 8. The purpose of the stoppage will be two-fold: to hold a protest at the Capitol and to publicly attend a presentation outside the Chamber of Representatives as part of the investigation of the contract between the administration of Governor Pedro Pierluisi and the Electrical Energy Authority (AEE) with LUMA Energy.
Union president Ángel Figueroa Jaramillo stated that the strike was called so that “all the AEE workers, represented by Utier, can see the presentation that the Alliance of Active and Retired Employees will put on this coming Tuesday where we will expose the truth of the contract with LUMA Energy and the government of Pedro Pierluisi that has already cost us more than $80 million, raises rates, elimin
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Fry’s Electronics Closing All Stores: Customers Mourn Loss. ‘RIP’
Fry’s Electronics is closing all of its stores after almost 36 years in business.
The tech retailer announced the decision on Wednesday, posting a notice to its customers on its website after removing the ability to purchase merchandise from the site.
The announcement from the company read, in part, “Fry’s Electronics, Inc. has made the difficult decision to shut down its operations and close its business permanently as a result of changes in the retail industry and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Fry’s Electronics had 31 theme-based stores that were located in California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, KRON 4 reported. Themes ranged from Aztec to underwater Neptune motifs.