Work stoppage at 260 construction sites

THE NEW Tocumen Air Terminal and Metro Line 2  are among the major projects affected by the strike called by the construction workers union  (Suntracs) which brought work to a halt on 260  building sites across the country at 7 a.m. on  Wednesday. April 18.

At least 1,900 workers affiliated with the Suntracs are supporting the strike at the air terminal.

Workers line 2 of the Panama Metro, were also off the job awaiting news of the negotiations between the employers’ guild (Capac) and union leaders in the presence of the Ministry of Labor.

Work on Metro Line 2 has advanced between 72% and 73% and is on a speeded-up schedule in an attempt to be ready for the anticipated influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors for World Youth Day and the visit of Pope Francis in January 2019.

Terminal 2 of the Airport will have the capacity to serve aircraft at 20 boarding gates bringing the total to 54.