May Day protests across Latin America (WSW.org)

WSW.org 13 May 2008

"In Nicaragua, hundreds of workers and supporters of independent unions marched in protest against the mass sacking of government workers and of workers employed in export sweatshop industries located in free trade zones, the so-called maquiladoras. Workers also carried signs protesting the high cost of food. That evening an official march took place, attended by Sandinista President Daniel Ortega. Ortega made no mention of the workers’ demands on food, jobs and wages, except to confirm that 15,000 more jobs will be destroyed this year, as maquiladoras transfer production to lower wage regions such as Cambodia and Vietnam. So far this year the government has sacked 10,000 of its own employees."

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