Talks stalled as Bimbo strike reaches day nine

Talks between striking workers and management of the Bimbo Company Panama have stalled as the work stoppage entered its ninth day on Thursday, March 17,  with neither side conceding to proposals presented in the negotiation of the collective labor agreement.

After several meetings at the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (Mitradel), “Negotiations have stalled, the company has not moved on its proposal,” said Rafael Salazar, general secretary of the Industrial Union of Flour and Allied Workers (SITHA). “You see an intransigent attitude from the company, not wanting to negotiate. The truth is that you don’t see a position of wanting to discuss.”