Workers end strike in Panama Canal expansion
Source: Channel News Asia
PANAMA CITY: Striking workers on the Panama Canal expansion reached an agreement on Saturday (Jan 3) with the consortium overseeing the work, ending the latest setback for the behind-schedule over-budget upgrade.
The management agreed to an audit on overtime payments, compensation leave and work hours, as well as to reinstate a worker dismissed over a dispute with a supervisor, said union leader Abelardo Herrera.
A high-level committee would be tasked with deciding on payment for strike days, Herrera added, saying the workers did not want the issue to impede progress on the project.
Some 1,000 workers had begun a strike Dec 23 to demand better safety and treatment. Union leaders had said three workers had received electric shocks recently because their managers had forced them to work in the rain.
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