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Limón Dock
Strike Over
After days of work stoppage at the port of
Limón, the striking workers and La Junda De
Administracion Portuaria y de Desarrollo
economico de la Vertiented Altlantica (JAPDEVA)
came to an agreement, ending the strike that
paralyzed the docks.
The agreement late Friday followed two
failed attempts to reach an accord.
A small group of workers estimated at around
50 of the 1.400 member union decided to take
a strike action for more money.
Union leaders were quick to say that the
strike was no sanctioned by them, but did
not go against the workers movement.
By 1pm Saturday, the docks at the Limón and
Moín were operating normally according to
Francisco Jiménez, president of Japdeva.
The agreement to end the strike that began
on Tuesday calls for each side to assume the
consequences deriving from the situation.
Ronaldo Blear, head of the Sintrajap - the
worker's union - said the workers were happy
with the deal and that the ports are now
working normally and the police presence is
gone.
The agreement calls for a 2.4% pay raise for
the workers, which will begin to be paid
this week and retroactive to July.
The strike place in jeopardy the cruise ship
season as cruise ship operators had begun to
make plans to skip Limón due to the strike.
Earlier in the week a cruise ship with 1.900
passengers could not make dock due to the
strike, causing irreparable damage to the
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