Panamanian Police Repress Protest Against Social Security Privatization - teleSUR English

The police of Panama yesterday repressed the massive protests against the promulgation of Law 462, of reforms to the Social Security Fund (CSS). Among the protesters there were teachers and other workers who joined a 24 hour strike in rejection of what guilds called “the theft of the century,” reported half TeleSURtv.

This Friday, a workers’ strike took place in Panama against Law 462 that proposes the privatization of pensions by handing them over to the banks and insurers. This law, according to the National Union of Construction Workers and Similar Industries (Suntracs), condemns thousands to “miserable retirements.” The Suntracs further emphasizes that “while they become rich, the people suffer,” while adding that they will not allow them to “rew our righ…

Panamanian Police Repress Protest Against Social Security Privatization - teleSUR English

Law 462 will allow economic and political elites to carry out ‘the robbery of the century.’ On Friday, the Panamanian police brutally repressed citizens who were protesting against the enactment of Law 462, which initiates a privatization process for the Social Security Fund (CSS). RELATED: Trump Asks the Pentagon for Plans to Seize the Panama Canal Riot control officers arrested union leader Alberto Diaz, who was alongside members of the Unioni…

This article was originally published in Noticias para Municipios. More than thirty social organizations, grouped under the platform ‘Tsunami por los Servicios Públicos’, have called for a demonstration in Madrid on Sunday, March 23. The protest aims to call on the central, regional and municipal administrations to end privatizations in sectors such as health, education or residences, and to demand the strengthening of the welfare state.

Protests in Panama over Social Security Reforms

Unions tested their strength in the streets against the government. They claim that the 24-hour strike included over 90% of teachers. The post Protests in Panama over Social Security Reforms appeared first on Havana Times.

In the midst of a protest by students at the University of Panama, Panamanian National Police officers fired their firearms at them. The young people gathered to reject the so-called pension reform included in the recent enactment of Law 462, which determines cuts to the country's Social Security Fund. In videos posted on social media, police officers can be seen firing their firearms at the group of students who blocked the so-called Transístmi…