They condemn the unemployment rate in Panama in the laws of May 1 (+ photos)

Marcos Andrade, general secretary of the National Coalition for Free Trade Union Confederation (GONC), told Brenza Latina that there were more than 200,000 unemployed people in the country, which had been worsened by the economic and health crisis caused by the Covit-19. , Which now carries more weight on the shoulders of workers.

One of the keynote speakers at major events in the capital for the festival of the world proletariat, Andrade, recalled the struggles to avoid mass layoffs at companies such as Gropo Ray in supermarkets. And in the Panama Canal, in violation of the collective labor agreement, which employers do not want to sign.

We workers also reject the Laurentino Cortizo government, which he denounces is in line with US war policies, and key officials such as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken come here to point out plans and actions. Clear intervention in internal affairs.

Faced with corruption that undermines political parties and election officials in a compromise, the leader reiterated Gonzi’s support for uniting the broad front for democracy as an organization of the left. With full authority to reclaim the nation.

For her part, another of the union leaders, Alfredo Grail, general secretary of the National Center for Panama Workers, denounced discriminatory labor policies on employment, lack of social security and low wages for women. Face the higher costs of a basic family basket.

Thousands of participants in the May 1 rally across the country, including students, farmers and tribesmen, marched through the capital’s central streets of Caledonia and near Central Avenue near the National Assembly.

Demonstrators carried banners, posters and banners with metaphorical slogans calling for a greater focus on education and health, an end to gender-based violence, mixed pensions and a nation free of open-pit mining. Indigenous communities, among others.

The single union of workers in the construction and similar industries insisted on seeking world peace, while rejecting the three-day visit of European diplomat Joseph Borel. .

In a statement circulating on social media, the People’s Party, which unites the Panamanian Communists, called for the unification of the various trade union centers and condemned the administration for its now-friendly diplomacy against Russia and the United States and NATO. In the midst of conflicts in Ukraine.

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