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*International labor organization expresses solidarity with Panamanian unions. *Citizens of Chitre demand a response from the govt. due to water crisis in the region. teleSUR

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00:00Teachers' protests continue in Panama demanding the repeal of the controversial law 462 which

00:06reforms the Social Security Fund and they assure that only with that they will return

00:12to the classrooms.

00:13The indefinite strike started by the sector on April 23rd will continue even though the

00:19Comptroller's Office announced that the teachers will not receive their salaries.

00:24The teachers have scheduled a rally at the Carmen Church followed by a march to the National

00:28Assembly to insist on their demand.

00:31The government's response has been sharp, President José Raúl Molina does not plan to

00:35repel the law nor to dialogue about it, neither at the national nor at the provincial level.

00:48The International Labour Organization expressed its solidarity with Panamanian construction

00:54industry unions and their struggle against the policies of the government of José Raúl

00:58Molina.

00:59The 113th conference of the ILO held in Geneva, Switzerland condemned the escalation of government

01:06harassment against union leaders as part of the repression of demonstrations against law

01:11462 of the Social Security Fund.

01:15The organization stressed that what is happening in Panama sends a message far beyond its borders

01:21and stressed that the undermining of the right to strike represents a direct threat to trade

01:26union freedoms.

01:27In this context, the ILO highlighted that Panama is once again on the list of 24 countries that

01:34violate labor rights and is being cited for serious non-compliance with its obligations as

01:40established in the Convention sign with the organization.

01:52Also in Panama, the population of the town of Chitre in the northeastern part of the province

01:57of Azuero is demanding a response to the lack of water.

02:01Fourteen days after the water crisis was officially reported, the high levels of contamination in

02:06the La Villa River, the main source of water supply, have added to the effects in that area.

02:13Several community spokesperson warned of the total paralysis of the four water treatment plants,

02:19which has caused the generalized shortage of water supply.

02:26now our neighbors are özell in the forest.

02:29So in the United States, the great news on the agua, what our listeners and are here to build

02:31the energy of the water supply, the energy of the water supply, the sollicumulation

02:32to the water supply.

02:33So we are almost there for the natural灯 that we are developing from our home to our

02:34communities, the land the river, which is determined in our viewpoint of the water supply

02:36and the water supply.

02:37So we are so grateful.

02:38And, again, the question we put ourselves with this, we have provider, we have an understanding

02:39of the water supply needs, which is not as it possible.

02:39So we have an understanding of the water supply is very our ability to during the environment,

02:40and so we have a state of safety, which is also most often a state of the water supply

02:44and the water supply supply.

02:45But it has been a very interestingähed to the water supply chain.

Panama | Teachers' strike continues to demand repeal of Law 462

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