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Arrocha workers take their pay dispute to the street
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Taking it to the streets

These employees of the Arrocha pharmacies are not at all happy with the wage and benefit offer they've received from the company's owners, so they vented their dissatisfaction on Via España. In the past year or so Panama has seen higher inflation than we have seen in a long time, with increased world fuel prices and local real estate prices being reflected in the cost of food in supermarkets, utility bills and to a lesser extent the rents that working people pay. In turn, people who live off of their wages are increasingly demanding pay raises that at least keep up with inflation. Photo by Eric Jackson

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