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Panamanian builders confront police over social security law

Summary by Prensa Latina
The closure of an important stretch of the central Balboa Avenue in the capital, in the vicinity of the Children’s Hospital, caused repression by the police who fired tear gas, while the workers responded with stones and other objects, reported Prensa Latina. So far there are also blockades in key arteries such as Ricardo J. Alfaro, Vía Centenario, Domingo Díaz and Río Hato avenues, also in this city. For this afternoon, the Pueblo Unido por la …

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With the slogans “Down with the Venderpatrias!” and “Panamaño, get tough, defend the insurance,” the workers rejected the regulation. A series of protests broke out today in the Panamanian capital, in response to Bill 163 that raises amendments to the Social Security Fund (CSS). Members of the National Single Union of Construction and Similar Workers (Suntras) faced riot units on Balboa Avenue. READ Panama denies having accepted that U.S. ships …

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Members of Panama's Unified National Union of Construction and Similar Workers (Suntracs) today confronted riot units in a protest against Law 163 on Reforms to the Social Security Fund (CSS)

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Trabajadores broke the news in on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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