August 2025

Precariedad laboral afecta a una quinta parte de los cubanos

El empleo informal en Cuba es un fenómeno cada día más palpable pero que hasta 2025 no se había ni cuantificado. La pertinaz crisis económica del país merma las ofertas atractivas en el sector formal y fuerza a muchos trabajadores a someterse a la irregularidad laboral, con tratos discriminatorios, de explotación e inestabilidad, informa Dariel Pradas (IPS) desde La Habana. «Ejemplos de abuso de poder y explotación laboral se ven día a día y con personas jóvenes. Se nos debería...

UK hospital workers vote for historic NHS strike over pay inequality

Nearly 400 essential facilities staff at St Helier and Epsom hospitals in the UK have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay and conditions, delivering what their union has described as a “historic” ballot result. The United Voices of the World (UVW) members – most of whom are from migrant and minority ethnic backgrounds – recorded an 81% turnout, with 98% voting in favour of industrial action. They are employed directly by the National Health Service (NHS) but...

Social Security isn’t the broken piece of America’s retirement crisis. Here’s what really needs to be fixed.

In the beginning, the aims of Social Security were both noble and modest. “We have tried to frame a law,” said President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the signing of the Social Security Act, “which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” It was Aug. 14, 1935. The key phrase was “some measure of protection.” Social Security was never meant to be the principal...

Retirement with dignity? The debate on active ageing in Europe

With an ageing population and increased life expectancy, Europe faces a very concrete challenge: how to fund its pension systems. Earlier this year in Brussels, pensioners took to the streets to demand better job security and to oppose the raising of the retirement age. In Europe, some are advocating lowering the retirement age as a way to improve workers' quality of life and to encourage generational turnover in the workforce. Others argue that this would jeopardise the sustainability of pension systems,...

Retirement with dignity? The debate on active ageing in Europe

With an ageing population and increased life expectancy, Europe faces a very concrete challenge: how to fund its pension systems. Earlier this year in Brussels, pensioners took to the streets to demand better job security and to oppose the raising of the retirement age. In Europe, some are advocating lowering the retirement age as a way to improve workers' quality of life and to encourage generational turnover in the workforce. Others argue that this would jeopardise the sustainability of pension systems,...

México. Sheinbaum ordena revisar pensiones millonarias en Pemex y confirma cancelación de compra de planta en Veracruz

La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum informó este martes que su gobierno realiza una revisión a fondo de las pensiones millonarias que reciben funcionarios de confianza en Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), las cuales calificó como “muy exageradas“. La mandataria adelantó que habrá “sorpresas” una vez que se presenten los resultados del análisis. En un año se paga de pensiones de Pemex cerca de 90 mil millones de pesos. Estamos revisando las pensiones más altas... porque no puede ser que una persona tenga estas pensiones millonarias”, declaró en su...

Perú. Comisión de Economía 2025-2026: Las posiciones sobre el retiro AFP de los tres miembros

La Comisión de Economía, Banca, Finanzas e Inteligencia financiera se instaló finalmente el pasado martes 12 de agosto, con tres nuevos miembros al mando de las propuestas económicas del Congreso. Como se sabe, entre estas está el retiro AFP de hasta 4 UIT (S/21.400) para todos los afiliados. Ahora Victor Flores Ruíz (Fuerza Popular) es el presidente de esta comisión, mientras Ana Zegarra (Somos Perú) es la vicepresidenta, y Elvis Vergara (Acción Popular) está como secretario. Con este grupo directo, ¿cuál es el panorama para el retiro AFP? Si bien tanto el presidente...

Argentina. Tensión en una nueva marcha de jubilados frente al Congreso argentino

Jubilados argentinos llevaron a cabo este miércoles una nueva protesta en las inmediaciones del Congreso en Buenos Aires, en contra de la reciente decisión del presidente Javier Milei de vetar una ley que ordena un alza en las pensiones, y registraron, una vez más, momentos de tensión con las fuerzas de seguridad. Con pancartas que repudiaban el veto presidencial, banderas argentinas y mensajes de rechazo al ajuste, decenas de manifestantes se agruparon, como hacen todos los miércoles desde hace meses,...

Global investors find greener pastures beyond US borders

A sharp US$13.6bn moved into global ex-US equity funds in July, the largest monthly inflow since December 2021, as per LSEG Lipper data reported by Reuters. Investors increasingly redirected capital away from the United States, citing economic concerns, high stock valuations, and a weakening dollar. According to S&P Global, July’s US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent year-on-year, unchanged from June and below market expectations. While this bolstered market conviction for a September interest rate cut—pricing in nearly 100 percent likelihood compared to...

UK investment industry reaches £10tn; share of pension assets falls to 27%

The share of pension assets managed by the UK investment management industry has fallen from a peak of 45 per cent of total assets under management (AUM) in 2018 to 27 per cent in 2024, the Investment Association (IA) has revealed. The IA's report explained that the fall was driven by an increasing number of defined benefit (DB) schemes winding down as memberships age, alongside schemes achieving full funding and transferring their liabilities and assets to insurers. The IA also highlighted...