Panama unions mobilize to break agreements | News

On Wednesday, Panamanian social and trade union organizations will mobilize in different regions of the country to demand that the government comply with the agreements reached at the dialogue table.

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Representatives of the unions that make up the Alianza Pueblo Unidos por la Vida noted that business and the government had violated the points for freezing 72 products from the basic basket and the price of fuel at $3.25.

They pointed out from the Real Workers Union that businessmen had raised prices in supermarkets and deplored that the government had not ensured compliance with this agreement.

On the issue of fuel, they commented that many citizens denounced the unwillingness of some gas stations to benefit from the new agreed fuel price, so they demanded the government to implement the measure.

The United People’s Alliance for Life denounced that the business sector is reluctant to implement what was agreed upon at the dialogue table, noting that after the agreements were signed, they were opened to free competition and demand.

Social groups, the Suntracs and the Teachers’ Association of Veraguenses (AEVE), are calling for protests, arguing that the government has breached agreements reached at the one table in Penonomé.

The Teachers’ Association of Panama (Asoprof) announced that it will organize protests in every educational center and in the afternoon will focus on the National Assembly.

Alianza Pueblo Unidos por la Vida awaits the resumption of the individual dialogue table on Thursday, August 11, 2022 in Penonomé, on the issue of the Social Security Fund and the topic of corruption.

At the beginning of last July, the Union of Public Education Teachers in Panama started a strike against the high cost of living. Trade unions, other unions, indigenous organizations, and civil society gradually joined these demonstrations, making them the most intense in decades.

Kicked off on July 21 in Coakley County, with the help of the Catholic Church, the disputing parties agreed on eight priority issues to end protests and mobilize against the cost of living.