Volume 14, Number 13
July 13, 2008

business & economy

Also in this section:
ACP canal expansion business assumptions ever farther off
Petaquilla issues a blacklist
Truckers block Paso Canoa
Condo projects collapse
Surf cottage lost in Santa Catalina land grab
Protest strike coming
Neighbors to pay for Cinta Costera
Ngobe residents attack dam surveyors
President's cousin protected by unprecedented gag order
Business & Economy Briefs

FRENADESO delays national strike

At a July 12 strike meeting at the University of Panama, the FRENADESO labor/left umbrella group decided to put off the setting of a date for a national strike over a list of grievances headed by the rising cost of living and the lag in workers' pay behind the inflation rate. FRENADESO leaders Saúl Méndez (of the SUNTRACS construction workers' union) and Andrés Rodríguez (of the ASOPROF teachers' union) told The Panama News that the group plans to consult with organizations outside of FRENADESO, particularly unions representing physicians and other health care workers, bus drivers opposed to the government's plan to reorganize metro area public transportation, indigenous leaders, environmentalist groups and community organizations to get them involved before calling a strike. Photo by José F. Ponce

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