Panama City, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The United People for Life Alliance movement, which unites major union and community Panamanian organizations, on Wednesday announced a new strike on July 1 to fight for a more social justice.
Panama City, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The regional office of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) sent a letter to the president of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, warning about judicial abuses against union leaders, it was announced today.
Panama City, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) New differences between popular organizations in Panama and representatives of the Executive caused the failure of the Catholic Church's attempt to move on to a second phase of the social dialogue initiated last July 21.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Argentine bus drivers strike to demand payment of yearly bonus, higher wages Bus drivers in Argentina’s northern city of Corrientes began a strike June 30 to demand the full payment of their end-of-year bonus, or SAC (
Sueldo Anual Complementario
: Annual Complementary Wage) from 2020 and parity with the national wage for transportation workers. The stoppage went ahead despite the declaration by the Labor Subsecretariat that it was illegal.
The drivers, employed by the ERSA transportation corporation, opposed the division of the SAC into three parts, which the UTA transportation union had agreed to, and demanded full payment, as has been the practice for decades.