Lack of government action will bring renewed Bocas strikes

Banana workers in  Bocas del Toro,  warned on the weekend that, if the government of Panama does not comply with the agreements reached on July 8, they will resume their strike.

On Sunday a peaceful march was held in Changuinola at the site of the confrontations that killed 2 ,and injurd over 200 , one month ago. "the protesters chanted slogans against the government and demanded the firing of Public Security Minister, Jose Raul Mulino, Labor Minister Alma Cortez, and National Police Director Gustavo Perez, for their roles in the confrontation in which two people were killed and more than 200 injured.

Genaro Benet, general secretary of the banana workers’ union Sitraibana, said that its members require the payment of compensation, medical care and an end to criminal investigations against members after the protests.
Union members agreed to give the government 90 days fulfill the agreement, but a lack of action so far has the group concerned.
A service was held for those who were killed or injured during the protests.