Puerto Rico: General strike set for July 7

Tuesday, June 30, 1998

The Executive Meeting of the Broad Committee of Trade Union Organizations met on Monday June 29, at 6:00 p.m. to set the date for the beginning of a national strike to oppose the privatization of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Over three thousand delegates from trade unions and community organizations had voted on Sunday, June 28 to approve a national strike of all workers in Puerto Rico against the privatization of the PRTC. The assembly of the Comité Amplio de Organizaciones Sindicales, Cívicas, Religiosas y Culturales (CAOS- Broad Committee of Trade Union Organizations) which took place in the town of Carolina, east of the capital city of San Juan, brought together delegates from more than 60 unions in Puerto Rico, including the main public sector unions which are in the forefront of the struggle against privatization. Union leaders asked yesterday for sufficient time to consult their organizations before setting a date for the strike. Today's meeting of the Executive Committee set the date of the strike, which will begin on Tuesday, July 7, 1998 at 6:00 a.m. Not date was set for an end to the strike. The unions will evaluate the progress of the strike day by day.

Cesar Ayala
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

This report has been reproduced from LabourNet

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