José Ramón Rivero is a Venezuelan politician. He was the Minister of Work and Social Security from January 2007, replacing
Ricardo Dorado,
to April 2008. He was replaced by
Roberto Manuel Hernández. The decision was related to Rivero's handling of the long-running negotiations between
SIDOR's management and its workers. In April 2008
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, Bolivarian Revolution, revolutionary, and Officer (armed forces), military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until De ...
acquiesced to the workers' demands and ordered SIDOR to be nationalised.
Rivero was the leader of the FSBT (the Bolivarian Worker's Force), a current within the
Unión Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT) union confederation which had previously existed in the
Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela
The ''Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela'' (CTV, English: Confederation of Workers of Venezuela) is a federation of labor unions in Venezuela.
History
The union federation has been a consistent and key opponent of Venezuelan Presi ...
(CTV). Shortly before his dismissal Rivero publicly backed plans by the FSBT to form a rival union confederation.
References
External links
José Ramon Rivero: “In Venezuela, we are going against the tide of neo-liberalism” 10 August 2007
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Venezuela)
Government ministers of Venezuela
Year of birth missing (living people)
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