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Unions Target Government On May Day
Costa Rican union groups are preparing "The
Great March" of May 1 to reject the
government's financial crisis plan, the
"Plan Escudo" (Shield Plan), the Free Trade
Treaty with the United States and impunity
for the corrupt.
One of the coordinators of the march, Javier
Quintero, explained that the main theme will
be opposition to the Plan Escudo approved by
Costa Rican president Oscar Arias to
allegedly confront the economic crisis
which, in fact, has worsened the situation
for the most vulnerable.
Costa Ricans, said Quintero, should take to
the streets and demonstrate their opposition
to the fierce persecution of union leaders,
the Free Trade Treaty and impunity of the
corrupt.
Among the worker's movement objectives the
leader also included the fight against
sexual exploitation, child labour, violation
of the Constitution and human rights and the
sale of state companies.
According to the general secretary of the
Confederación Costarricense de Trabajadores
Democráticos (Costa Rican Democratic
Confederation of Workers) (CCTD, Maria
Rodriguez, the government's Plan Escudo
is to socialize losses and pass
responsibility of the financial crisis to
the workers.
They cannot impose socializing losses for
what a small group did and wants to protect,
explained the CCTD representative.
We are against a savage capitalism that has
only increased corruption and de-regulation
of the work day, she explained.
There may be many reasons to hold the
traditional march on International Worker's
Day.
Quintero mentioned some that must equally
oppose the financial and currency policy of
the Banco Central (Central Bank) that places
the country on the road to inflation, a
scourge of popular sectors.
Union members will also express their
opposition to a policy of appeasement and
control of the energy field, the Labor
Flexibility Project, social insecurity
related to work, health, housing, education
and culture for the well being of the
homeland.
May 1 must be a day to promote a political
battle, summarized one of the
representatives of the Asociación Nacional
de Educadores(ANDE) - National Association
of Educators - Jose Antonio Barquero.
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