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Third PANARTES Locutores Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay,

Calls for Organising More Professionals



A small but intense workshop of locutores (announcers in Latin America) took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1 April. Participants noted that trade union orientation of locutores in the region had been growing, with some of the changing mentality due to the series of conferences for the sub-sector held by PANARTES and to the increasing consciousness of trade unions in the sector where they exist. About half the participants were actually from professional associations, but they noted that these groups were becoming more interested in some trade union solutions to their problems, such as collective bargaining instead of leaving professionals as individuals at the mercy of the broadcasters.