Construction strike moving to day 4

Representatives of the construction employers’ chamber (CAPAC) and the workers’ union (Suntracs) returned n to the negotiating table on Friday, April 20 As the nationwide work stoppage on 260 sites entered its third day.

On Thursday the opposing parties agreed on another clause in an agreement to cover the next four years. The signing brings the total agreements to 146.

The major sticking point is over wages with the union asking for a 12½ percent increase over four years and Capac proferring two cents an hour each year, an increase of one cent over its first bid.

“We have received a penny increase as a counterproposal to our adjusted  12.5% per year to negotiate … there is no agreement, the strike continues, ” said union leader, Saúl Méndez on Thursday.

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