Labour news from Central America
Belize
Christian Workers Union issues notice of intention to strike by Social Security workers 2011-02-16 [LoveFM] Trade Union Rights Not Respected 2010-11-04 [Scoop]
Trade Union Rights Not Respected in Belize 2010-11-03 [ITUC]
Costa Rica
Public workers plan more strikes over salary-hike dispute 2012-01-22 [The Tico Times] Public Workers Unions Threaten Strike 2012-01-16 [Inside Costa Rica]
Trade Union Calls to Fight Fiscal Plan 2011-12-14 [Inside Costa Rica]
El Salvador
Tell Labour Minister to reinstate unions at America Movil 2011-09-28 [UNI Global Union] A strike leads to the imprisonment of the SELSA General Secretary ActNOW! 2011-06-17 [ITUC]
Urgent Action Needed to Free Salvadoran Labor Leader ActNOW! 2011-06-12 [Solidarity Center]
Guatemala
Mass dismissals at municipal council in Guatemala 2012-01-22 [ITUC] Mass Dismissals at Municipal Council in Guatemala 2012-01-20 [ITUC]
Native People Suffer Racism in Employment 2012-01-03 [Inter-Press Service]
Honduras
Landowners' war on peasant movement claims 45th victim 2012-02-04 [IUF] Journalists under Constant Threat in Honduras 2012-01-27 [ITUC]
Reporters Assassinated 2011-12-08 [ITUC]
Nicaragua
Talking with Domingo Pérez, Nicaraguan trade union leader 2011-06-21 [The Prisma] Workers deny conspiracy against Dole 2010-05-15 [AP]
Taxi Strike Exemplifies Culture of Violence 2010-04-24 [NicaTimes.net]
Panama
Canal Expansion Workers End Strike 2012-01-24 [The Journal of Commerce] Panama Canal Expansion Stalls After Labor Walkout 2012-01-19 [Longshore Shipping News]
Billion-dollar Panama canal expansion halted due to labor strike 2012-01-17 [The Tico Times]
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