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Five killed in police and army operation against coca growers in Chapare16-11-2019

A police and army operation to quash a mass mobilisation led by coca growers’ federations ended with the deaths of at least five demonstrators and the wounding of many others. The onslaught took place in the municipality of Sacaba, on the outskirts of Cochabamba. Protesters reported that the uniformed officers began by pushing them back with tear gas and then charged on them, opening fire. The deaths were brought to public attention thanks to the videos from the scene of the attacks filmed by members of the six federations representing coca growers from the Tropics of Cochabamba. These same federations sent messages of support to the people of Chapare.

Protests over government’s continued promotion of parallel unions19-09-2017
Calling of legal strike prohibited in health sector 29-05-2017

On 17 and 18 May 2017, health sector employees reacted positively to a call for strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
action by the Bolivian Medical College (Colegio Médico de Bolivia). The Bolivian Ombudsman filed legal action to stop the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
from being held, alleging that citizens’ rights would be affected by the doctors’ action. On 29 May 2017, the First Civil and Penal Chamber of the Court of Justice in La Paz declared the legal action admissible, thus preventing the union from calling the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
. The legal action presented by Ombudsman David Tenazos Pinto was viewed by the Bolivian Medical College and the Central Obrera Departamental (COD) as a measure restricting the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
, given that they were ready to ensure minimum services as well as satisfying the patients basic needs and ensuring the continued and safe running of the installations, in accordance with the principles of freedom of association freedom of association The right to form and join the trade union of one’s choosing as well as the right of unions to operate freely and carry out their activities without undue interference.

See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework
established by the ILO International Labour Organization A tripartite United Nations (UN) agency established in 1919 to promote working and living conditions. The main international body charged with developing and overseeing international labour standards.

See tripartism, ITUC Guide to international trade union rights
.

La Paz Limpia and La Paz mayoral authorities promote parallel unions 24-02-2017

On 24 February 2017, the executive secretary of the Central Obrera Departamental (COD) of La Paz denounced executives from urban cleaning company La Paz Limpia and the mayoral authorities of La Paz for promoting parallel unions among urban cleaning service workers. The COD accused the company and the mayor, Luis Revilla, of appointing leaders that served their own interests.

Undue intervention, parallel union and intimidation of Industrias Copacabana workers30-11-2016

In November 2016, the Sindicato de Trabajadores Mixto de Industrias Copacabana, in La Paz, denounced the contempt shown by Industrias Copacabana S.A. for the list of demands submitted to the management in May 2016. Although the company met some of the demands, there continues to be undue interference in the actions of the trade union, attempts to promote a parallel trade union and the violation of freedom of association freedom of association The right to form and join the trade union of one’s choosing as well as the right of unions to operate freely and carry out their activities without undue interference.

See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework
in the form of threats to dismiss workers joining the union. According to trade union members, the company is imposing clauses and conditions on waiting staff and kitchen helps, forbidding them from joining the trade union under the threat of losing their jobs.

The list of demands being ignored includes respect for job security, an end to discrimination at work, the reinstatement of the employees dismissed, most particularly the union’s executive secretary, Víctor Choquehuanca, an end to the company’s interference in the trade union’s affairs, an end to labour outsourcing outsourcing See contracting-out , and the disqualification of the company-backed trade union, led by a former union leader who is no longer recognised by the company’s workers.

The dispute between the workers and the company began in 2015 with a sit-down strike sit-down strike A form of industrial action whereby workers occupy their workplace but do not carry out any work.

See strike
that brought various agencies of Industrias Copacabana S.A. to a temporary close. In light of the situation, a meeting mediated by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security was held in October 2015, at which the agreement reflected in the list of demands, was reached. Faced with company’s failure to comply, the workers belonging to the union declared a state of emergency and did not rule out the possibility of an all-out strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
suspending all services. This violation of trade union rights follows a pattern of abuses at the company.

Trade union leaders at Red Uno S.A. unfairly dismissed17-11-2016

In October 2016, 23 workers from the Alianza Uno trade union, who took part in a strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
lasting almost 2 months, received notice of dismissal from the general management of the television station Red Uno in La Paz.

The labour dispute labour dispute See industrial dispute began when the trade union presented a list of demands, which the company disregarded. The Departmental Labour Authority for Santa Cruz subsequently issued an arbitration arbitration A means of resolving disputes outside the courts through the involvement of a neutral third party, which can either be a single arbitrator or an arbitration board. In non-binding arbitration, the disputing parties are free to reject the third party’s recommendation, whilst in binding arbitration they are bound by its decision. Compulsory arbitration denotes the process where arbitration is not voluntarily entered into by the parties, but is prescribed by law or decided by the authorities.

See conciliation, mediation
award in favour of the workers, which the management also ignored, leading the workers to take strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
action.

According to the union’s leader, Losé Luis Patuy, all the workers who took part in the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
were summoned one by one to put pressure on them regarding an arbitration arbitration A means of resolving disputes outside the courts through the involvement of a neutral third party, which can either be a single arbitrator or an arbitration board. In non-binding arbitration, the disputing parties are free to reject the third party’s recommendation, whilst in binding arbitration they are bound by its decision. Compulsory arbitration denotes the process where arbitration is not voluntarily entered into by the parties, but is prescribed by law or decided by the authorities.

See conciliation, mediation
award issued by the Labour Ministry, which recognised the payment of overtime and a wage increase. Rather than having them return to work, they were issued with notices of termination for having abandoned their posts.

The unfair dismissal of the unionised workers is seen as a reprisal for their involvement in the mobilisation to defend their rights. Their dismissal follows a pattern of abuses at the company violating the workers’ rights.

The measure was declared illegal by the Labour Ministry. The workers unfairly dismissed immediately lodged an appeal for constitutional protection. Following the intervention of the Labour Ministry, the Ninth Family Court of Santa Cruz decided to grant protection to the Red UNO workers and ordered their immediate reinstatement in November 2016.

Trade union leaders fired in retaliation for list of demands at hat factory in Sucre18-10-2016

In October 2016, 11 workers (including trade union leaders and people with disabilities) were fired from the Fábrica de Sombreros de Sucre hat factory on the pretext that it was being transferred. The workers, however, insisted that their dismissal was in retaliation for a list of demands presented in defence of their labour rights.

From the moment they were issued with notice of termination, the Departmental Labour Authority of Chuquisaca, together with the trade union centres Federación Departamental de Fabriles de Chuquisaca, Federación Departamental de Constructores de Sucre and Central Obrera Departamental (COB), worked hard to ensure respect for the legal regulations protecting job security.

The departmental head of labour in Chuquisaca, Juan Pablo Yucra, considered the layoffs to have been made under false pretences, affecting workers protected against dismissal in their capacity as trade union representatives, and consequently ordered the management to reinstate them immediately. This order was issued in defence of the labour rights enshrined in and protected by the political constitution of the state, such as the right to work, to job security, labour immobility and the protection of trade union representatives. A week later, the company reinstated all the workers, in compliance with the order issued by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security. Finally, the departmental head of labour confirmed that inspectors had verified the workers had been able to return to their posts unimpeded. This violation seems to be an isolated incident and is not part of a systematic union-busting campaign.

Wage deductions for workers taking part in strikes 07-09-2016

In August 2016, the Health Ministry announced that deductions would be made from salaries of the administrative employees at the CPS (oil workers’ health fund) who took part in the 14-day strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
called by the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Caja Petrolera de Salud in Sucre. The workers had held a demonstration calling for the removal of the chief executive officer, Víctor Hugo Villegas, chief financial officer, Félix Álvaro de la Fuente López, and the head of human resources, Graciela Arancibia, for alleged acts of corruption and mismanagement. Trade union leaders from the sector denounced that the pay deductions were illegal and were designed to penalise the exercise of the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
and to protest.

The health minister, Ariana Campero, responded by calling on the National Social Security Institute to draw up a report on the situation at the CPS, stating that the claims made by the Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Administrativos de la CPS against Villegas’s administration were unwarranted.

The local authorities in charge of the CPS in Sucre docked the strikers’ wages and salaries on the orders of the national authorities. The deductions were made despite a prior agreement reached with the local CPS authorities, in the presence of labour leaders from the sector, the COD and the local CPS authorities, whereby the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
days would be deducted from the employees’ annual leave. The measure seems to be an isolated incident and does not follow a pattern of trade union rights violations at the Ministry.

Barriers to trade union recognition 31-08-2016

In August 2016, the trade union executive at Fino in Santa Cruz denounced that the union had not received recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. due to the imposition of conditions exceeding the legal and constitutional requirements, which constitutes a breach of the right to organise. According to the workers, “Both the government-controlled federation of factory workers, Federación de Fabriles, and the labour directorate are working to block independent trade union leaders’ access to legal recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. .”

The workers also reported that the Labour Ministry had issued a series of resolutions that hinder the legal recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. of union executives who do not serve the interests of the government, employers and the current heads of the federation of factory workers, Federación de Fabriles. The resolutions issued to union executives elected by their membership include the requirement to submit military service papers, the trade union’s constitution, legal status, the call for elections, and a certificate from the federation of factory workers confirming their accession to the leadership. These preconditions are deemed illegal given that, in accordance with the Political Constitution of the State, trade union executive committees should be approved upon simple presentation of the recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. issued by the corresponding federation.

In the case of the trade union at Fino, the Director of Labour claimed that “there was no call for elections” and the leadership elected was not therefore legitimate. The workers nonetheless insist that a meeting was held and attended by the members, who voted directly and re-elected the leadership from the previous term. For the workers, the failure to recognise their union executive “provides the management with ammunition for not recognising their leaders and promoting parallel trade unions”. These barriers to recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. , according to the workers’ report, correspond to a pattern of conduct on the part of the authorities in charge of issuing trade union recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. .

Police assault on MANACO union offices02-07-2016

On 29 June 2016, police officers stormed the offices of the MANACO trade union in Cochabamba on repeated occasions, beating and arresting labour leaders, reported the ERBOL media network. According to the workers present, the police stormed into the union office and began arresting its leaders, causing damage within the factory and to the workers’ bicycles. The police assault took place within the context of a 72-hour nationwide strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
held by various trade unions, calling for the repeal of Supreme Decree 2765 establishing the closure of Enatex. Ten people were injured, including workers and police officers, and over 150 were arrested in the mobilisations and roadblocks staged at various locations in Oruro, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Sucre and La Paz.

In a statement made through the Departmental Chamber of Industry, the manufacturing company MANACO subsequently condemned the police for having stormed the factory, despite the fact that the workers were doing their jobs and were not taking part in the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
. It went on to explain that the police used tear gas and provoked the workers, who then held a meeting and decided to join the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
.

The executive secretary of the CTFB factory workers’ confederation, Víctor Quispe, firmly condemned the police’s second attack on the MANACO manufacturing complex and the use of firearms against the workers protesting on the streets. Repression of this kind seems to be habitual during large-scale strikes and could, therefore, be considered part of a pattern of conduct.

Criminal prosecution in retaliation for strike action at ENVACRUZ30-06-2016

In June 2016, four trade union leaders working for ENVACRUZ in the city of Santa Cruz were summoned by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to respond to criminal charges brought against them by the company’s owner, in retaliation for the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
called by the union. The entrepreneur was claiming that the workers’ stoppage, despite being authorised by the Labour Ministry, was affecting the free movement of his goods and violating the right to work. For the workers, the action constitutes judicial harassment, violating trade union protection rights.

The workers had been on strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
for over two months, awaiting the resolution of their demands for the payment of wages due since April, the double year-end bonus from 2015, back pay back pay Wages or benefits due an employee for past employment. Often awarded when the employee has been unfairly dismissed. Not to be confused with retroactive pay (delayed payment for work previously done at a lower wage rate). from 2015 and 2016, their health and social security contributions and the reimbursement of pension fund contributions deducted from their salaries but not paid into the scheme, the breastfeeding allowance and pre-natal subsidy, among others. They decided to continue with the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
in spite of the legal action. In the absence of a positive response from the company, the workers opted to initiate legal proceedings in support of their claims. The employees reported that they had always had good relations with the company prior to this dispute, which would indicate that this is an isolated incident and does not correspond to a pattern of systematic violations.

Trade union leaders unfairly dismissed at MITSUBA15-02-2016

At the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016, several trade union leaders and ordinary member at the MITSUBA apparel company in Santa Cruz were unfairly dismissed.

The workers declared a sit-down strike sit-down strike A form of industrial action whereby workers occupy their workplace but do not carry out any work.

See strike
in response to the dismissals, the company’s failure to comply with the collective bargaining collective bargaining The process of negotiating mutually acceptable terms and conditions of employment as well as regulating industrial relations between one or more workers’ representatives, trade unions, or trade union centres on the one hand and an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organisations on the other.

See collective bargaining agreement
agreement and its violation of the right to freedom of association freedom of association The right to form and join the trade union of one’s choosing as well as the right of unions to operate freely and carry out their activities without undue interference.

See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework
and trade union protection.
The workers reported that the management threatened to use force to break the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
, despite their action being authorised by the Departmental Director of Labour. The strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
was ended after two weeks, when an agreement was reached securing the reinstatement of three of the four trade union leaders dismissed and the payment of 50% of the wages for the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
days.

A number of the workers dismissed had also filed an application with the Labour Ministry for constitutional protection. The Ministry found that the leaders had been unfairly dismissed and ordered the company to reinstate them. The Ministry ordered their reinstatement despite the company’s claims that its violation of the provisions protecting union leaders against dismissal was motivated by an economic crisis obliging it to cut jobs.

Criminal proceedings against union leaders who called strike at Telares Santa Cruz11-02-2016

In January 2016, workers affiliated to the union at Telares Santa Cruz Ltda staged a strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
, declared legal by the Departmental Directorate of Labour in Santa Cruz, to press for compliance with the collective agreement signed by the parties to the dispute. In addition to dismissing over 50 employees in 2015, the company’s representatives, based in the municipality of Warnesse, initiated criminal proceedings against trade union leaders for “violations of the freedom to work and violence and threats perpetrated by workers and employees”. A number of workers crucified themselves at the premises of the Departmental Directorate of Labour, to press for respect for job stability and trade union protection rights.

The labour minister, Gonzalo Trigoso, responded to their demand by calling for the lifting of the preventive detention order under which the trade union leaders were being held. For the minister, there was no crime to be prosecuted, given that the workers and union leaders were staging a peaceful strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
. Thanks to the intervention of trade union organisations such as the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), Central Obrera Departamental (COD) of Santa Cruz, the Federación de Trabajadores Fabriles de Santa Cruz and the Sindicato de Telares Santa Cruz, as well as the Labour Ministry, two union leaders from the company were released.

In February, the owners decided to dissolve the company and announced that it was closing down its operations indefinitely as a result of the disputes with the factory union and the repeated strikes staged by the workers.

Thirty ADEPCOCA leaders held in custody10-02-2016

On 10 February, police detained 30 leaders from the ADEPCOCA trade union representing coca leaf growers in the Yungas and La Paz region (northeast), to prevent them from setting up the roadblocks organised as part of a campaign to press the government to meet their demands. The trade union’s members were planning to hold a stoppage to press for the construction of a hospital for the trade union and an agrarian research centre, improvements to the roads in the area and increased investment in education. According to the leader of the protests, Franklin Gutiérrez, the detentions are a form of intimidation.

Government minister Carlos Romero insisted that the police operation was purely preventative, and arrests were only made when a number of those taking part in the protest reacted violently to the police’s action. He stated, finally, that there had been “no abusive, unilateral (or) repressive action”.

Following the arrests, the trade union members gathered at the headquarters of the FELCC special police force in La Paz, to demand the release of their leaders. The tension between the police and trade union members is constant and preventive detention is regularly used to forestall barricades and demonstrations.

Repression and attacks against transport workers07-01-2016

On 7 January 2016, the 1 May Departmental Drivers’ Federation suspended transport services in the city of La Paz to hold a march, demanding that the mayor authorise an increase in fares. The workers also expressed their disagreement with the municipal authorities’ demands that they register their unions and vehicles, and that they introduce a satellite monitoring system via GPS. The mayor, Luis Rivillas, said that a fare increase could not be justified. “They are the ones who are not complying. There are still five unions that have not given us their lists or the monitoring system they will put in place to guarantee a better service” he stated.

More than 40 drivers’ unions took part in the march, and pickets were set up to block access. Taxi, radiotaxi and minibus drivers from several unions were attacked.

Decree imposes recognition requirement for trade unions 01-05-2015

On 1 May 2015 the Evo Morales government issued a special decree on trade unions and other labour regulations requiring their registration as a legal entity and their recognition recognition The designation by a government agency of a union as the bargaining agent for workers in a given bargaining unit, or acceptance by an employer that its employees can be collectively represented by a union. by means of a Supreme Resolution issued by the President. Supreme Decree 2348 states that as from 1 May 2015, every workers’ trade union organisation would not only have to apply for legal personality but would also have to be recognised by means of a Supreme Resolution, namely with the signature of the President, who would determine the existence of trade unions.

Other violations14-01-2014

On 14 January 2014, workers from the Sigma consortium, in the department of Santa Cruz, staged action to demand the payment of wages owed since the month of November 2013.

Negotiating difficulties at San Cristóbal mine, controlled by Sumitomo23-03-2011

Workers at the San Cristóbal silver, zinc and lead mines, owned by the Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation, downed tools on 23 March 2011 for 12 days in support of demands for better health care benefits. The strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
was called off at the end of this period, following the Labour Ministry’s intervention, but some of the demands have still not been met.

Government agrees to COB’s demands, but slow to implement agreement02-03-2011

On 2 March, following strong protests and demonstrations by Bolivia’s unions, President Evo Morales unilaterally ordered a 10% pay increase for public employees in the education and health sectors, the police and armed forces, and a 20% increase in the minimum wage. The unions were demanding a 15% increase in the public sector. The Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) tried to negotiate with the government, but the workers finally rejected the agreement on a 10% increase. Strikes and protests were resumed. After several long hard days in La Paz, an additional 1% was secured, plus another 1% after July, subject to the availability of sufficient budget funds, hence 2% in total, bringing the rise up to 12%.

On 19 April, the COB signed an eight-point agreement with the government and called an end to the general strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike
. The document established a pay increase of 11%, and the possibility of raising it to 12% for education and health workers, after indentifying a source of financing that would not lead to a fiscal deficit.

Agreement was also reached on stimulating production, the National Health Fund (CNS), full implementation of trade union immunity provisions, respect for the agreement signed in Panduro in April 2010, measures to guarantee food security and the revision of laws 2027 and 2028 on municipal and public employees, to bring them into line with the new Political Constitution of the State.

The Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) called for protest marches on 6 October to press for the implementation of the agreement signed between the trade union center and the government in April, to provide the workers with the pay rise promised. At the end of 2011, following the COB’s announcement of plans to hold new protests, the government applied the additional 2% rise agreed on.

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