Dominicana_1965
21st August 2007, 20:07
Panama, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Morning found hundreds of jobs paralyzed in Panama with over 40 thousand construction workers joining a national strike in protest of the murder of workers at the doors of two foreign enterprises.
The usual noise of cement mixers, material elevators, trucks and daily activity in many high buildings of that capital gave way to an absolute silence that may let neighbors sleep longer.
The Single Construction Trade Union and Similar (SUNTRACS) said that about 750 projects of the country are shut down.
Monday's burial of Osvaldo Lorenzo and Luiyi Arguelles became a combative march for justice through several avenues up to the cemetery.
An employee from Brazilian enterprise Norberto Odebrecht (constructing Panama-Colon freeway) shot Lorenzo in the chest when he was protesting against the dismissal of 60 workers who were rejected for being members of SUNTRACS
Arguelles was shot at close-range by a policeman and died of a heart perforation on Viveros Island where the Colombian enterprise is building a luxurious tourist complex.
While paying last respects to the workers, General Secretary Genaro Lopez said that in its 35 years of existence the union had never been so threatened.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={F...D})&language=EN (http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={FCE186B3-14D5-4D3E-A130-47C01E1D708D})&language=EN)
The usual noise of cement mixers, material elevators, trucks and daily activity in many high buildings of that capital gave way to an absolute silence that may let neighbors sleep longer.
The Single Construction Trade Union and Similar (SUNTRACS) said that about 750 projects of the country are shut down.
Monday's burial of Osvaldo Lorenzo and Luiyi Arguelles became a combative march for justice through several avenues up to the cemetery.
An employee from Brazilian enterprise Norberto Odebrecht (constructing Panama-Colon freeway) shot Lorenzo in the chest when he was protesting against the dismissal of 60 workers who were rejected for being members of SUNTRACS
Arguelles was shot at close-range by a policeman and died of a heart perforation on Viveros Island where the Colombian enterprise is building a luxurious tourist complex.
While paying last respects to the workers, General Secretary Genaro Lopez said that in its 35 years of existence the union had never been so threatened.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={F...D})&language=EN (http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={FCE186B3-14D5-4D3E-A130-47C01E1D708D})&language=EN)