Paraguay - Collective agreement obstructed at Banco Central

In January 2018, members of SINTRA-BCP, representing staff at the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) and SINGRU-BCP, representing university graduates, denounced the head of the BCP for failing to sign the collective agreement, as promised in September 2017 within the framework of a bargaining committee. Employees of the Central Bank had suspended imminent strike action following the commitment made to sign the agreement by the end of 2017. According to the unions, the president of the BCP is also in breach of Law 489, Article 12 of which prohibits participation in political activities.