{
  "id": 3346704,
  "title": "El Salvador Workday Plan for 11-Hour Shifts Draws Union Rejection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/el-salvador-workday-plan-for-11-hour-shifts-draws-union-rejection",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-25T20:30:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/el-salvador-11-hour-workday-union-rejection-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 11-hour workday is one option being studied by El Salvador's tripartite labor council, the Consejo Superior de Trabajo (CST). The proposal would maintain the 44-hour legal workweek, with employees working four days of 11 hours each and taking three rest days. However, this option has faced strong rejection from the Movimiento de Trabajadores Despedidos, a movement of dismissed workers. The MTD argues that the 11-hour day does not reduce the weekly worktime, only concentrates it, and that longer shifts negatively impact workers' health, family life, and safety. The movement instead advocates for a six-hour workday with no reduction in pay, which would cut the weekly worktime to 30 hours. The CST, as the standard first step for labor reform in the country, will study and recommend options, but no formal bill has been presented yet. Any changes to the workday would require new legislation.",
  "summary": "El Salvador's tripartite labor council is studying an option of four 11-hour days plus three rest days, keeping the 44-hour legal week. The Movimiento de Trabajadores Despedidos rejects the idea and counter-proposes a six-hour day. The post El Salvador Workday Plan for 11-Hour Shifts Draws Union Rejection appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}