Labour news from Central America
Belize
Unions report on salary response from Government 2013-02-11 [Amadala] No Salary Increase! – Barrow wants Unions to Imagine the Possibilities 2013-02-11 [The Belize Times]
'Teachers and Public Servants to march against G.O.B.' 2013-01-24 [Channel 5]
Costa Rica
Striking banana workers await word from U.S. on their demands 2013-06-19 [The Tico Times] Labor unions, others planning national general strike – for their right to strike 2013-06-11 [Inside CostaRica]
ICE workers, including customer service, on massive strike today 2013-04-30 [Inside Costa Rica]
El Salvador
80,000 at May Day march rejects privatization push 2013-05-06 [World War 4 Report] AMWU in Australia responds to call for democracy in El Salvador 2013-03-28 [AMWU]
Labor Rejects US-Backed Public-Private Partnership Law 2013-03-25 [Upside Down World]
Guatemala
Migrant rights activist receives death threats 2013-06-18 [UFCW] The most dangerous country for trade unionists is now Guatemala according to ITUC annual global survey of union rights violations 2013-06-12 [ITUC]
Week of action for Guatemala 2013-05-23 [PSI]
Honduras
Stand against union busting at Chiquita Bananas 2013-03-09 [International Labor Rights Forum] Working Women Empowered: Honduran Women Build Leadership 2013-03-08 [Solidarity Center]
Teachers: Struggling for Justice 2012-11-20 [Codev]
Nicaragua
A solidarity vacuum in Nicaragua 2012-11-08 [CUPE] Nation Becomes the Third to Adopt Domestic Work Standard 2012-10-19 [Solidarity Center]
Tens of thousands of fired employees petition the US for help 2012-06-13 [Global Post]
Panama
Another health worker strike begins 2013-04-30 [Newsroom Panama] 3,000 canal expansion workers on strike 2013-04-09 [Newsroom Panama]
ITF calls on Panama to help Iceberg-1 crew 2013-01-19 [ITF]
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