Panama: Unions Consider Resuming Indefinite Strike to Protest Controversial Reform

Panama: Unions Consider Resuming Indefinite Strike to Protest Controversial Reform

The protest leaders are also calling for the release of Jaime Caballero, a member of one of Panama’s main unions. Panamanian labor unions are considering resuming their call for an indefinite general strike as a protest against the controversial reform to the Organic Law of the Social Security Fund (CSS), approved last March by the government of President José Raúl Mulino. The amendment to the law, according to workers, seeks to privatize social…

On Monday, the International Labour Organization (ILO) requested the Government of Panama to cease violence and repression against trade union organizations and human rights. READ ALSO: Panama’s Indigenous Communities denounce police repression In this regard, the Secretary General of the National Confederation of Independent Trade Union Unity (Conusi), Marco Andrade, shared on his official Twitter account the agency’s statements.

May 21, 2025.- In the midst of growing protests against Law 462 that reformed the Social Security Fund and the memorandum of understanding signed with the U.S., the Government of Panama concluded the cancellation of the legal personality of the Cooperative of Multiple Services Suntras, R.L., denounced...

In Panama, more than 26 days of an indefinite strike were celebrated at the national level, a call made by the movement of organized workers and different associations of educators, but this call has been joined by different productive sectors of Panamanian life, as well as indigenous peoples, peasants, organized youth, women's fronts and various sectors of public life.

Panama City, May 21 (Latin Press) The Trade Union Confederation of Workers and Workers of the Americas condemned the repression and persecution faced today by homologous groups in Panama, amid protests against a social insurance law. The continent's post Trade unionists reject repression in Panama first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

ILO requests government response to allegations of trade unionists The letter was sent today by Karen Curtis, head of the ILO Freedom of Association Service. For more than three weeks, workers and other groups have participated in various national mobilizations The International Labour Organization (ILO) requested the Panamanian Government to send its [...] La entrada Panama The ILO asks the government of Panama for explanations of trade union …