AyA Strike Will Continue as AyA Fails to Sign Agreement
Notwithstanding that the strike by the workers of the Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) that began on October 10, was declared illegal the Tribunales de Trabajo (labour court), and that and agreement was reached late Friday by three labour unions and the president of the AyA, the workers say they will continue the strike today, Monday.

Albino Vargas, secretary general of the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos (ANEP) said the agreement between the three workers unions and the AyA was ready at 5:30pm, ending the 33 day old strike with the signature of AyA president, Rafael Ángel Villalta.

Villalta did not sign the document.

This is the second time that the AyA has failed to sign a reached agreement, leading the workers to believe that the government is taking their movement as a "vacilón" (a joke). The worjers have vowed to continue work stoppage and will protest in fron to the AyA offices in Pavas today.

Union leaders believed that the deal that was struck on Friday had the approval of Casa Presidencial, but it appears that is not the case.

Today (MOnday) all the employees of the AyA are expected to walk off the job, joining those who have been off for more than a month, union leaders say. The workers will be off work until the government gives in to their demands - pay parity with other government institution employees is the principal demand of the workers.