ICE Workers on Strike
Tomorrow, Institution
President Assures It
Will Not Affect Services
The workers of the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
will be going on a
national strike tomorrow
in protest of the fast
tracking of the
"parallel laws" that
compliment the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC).
The president of the
institution, Pedro Pablo
Quirós, assures that the
strike will not affect
services, guaranteeing
that the public can
expect the same level of
service they normally
get from ICE on Monday.
The reason for the
assurance is that Quirós
and other ICE managers
don't believe that the
call for a strike action
by the unions will have
much support by the
workers.
"The majority of the
employees are tired of
all the negativism and
will not be pulled off
the job", said Quirós.
Quirós says that the
arguments used by the
union leaders to call a
strike are not very good
as they have not been
fully thought out and
that the workers don't
necessarily agree with
the leaders of the
unions that are against
the free trade deal.
The ICE president
assures that customers
will be able to obtain
services on Monday at
any agency. "We are
ready for the normal
flow of customers", said
Quirós.
Quirós, in his comments,
said he does not fully
understand the unions'
opposition to the free
trade deal with the
united States and that
employees who take to
the streets in protest
are protesting against
their own jobs.
The ICE chief criticizes
the actions of the union
leaders, saying that
they are not acting in
the best interest of
their members, the
workers and their
salaries.
"There are unions who
act professionally but
the country is used to
see gross protests and
dangerous because they
solve nothing", said
Quirós.
Quirós is positive that
Monday will be a normal
day at the institution
and that the worker
movement will not affect
services.
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