COSTA RICA |
Protests in San José. Last week thousands of public employees took to the streets in Costa Rica’s capital, San José, over minimum wage demands. The unrest, which attracted some 4,000 protesters on police figures (although union leaders put it at more like 7,000), was in response to the approval by the government of President Laura Chinchilla on 4 January of a 0.43% rise in the minimum wage for public sector workers. The trade union Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados (Anep) had been demanding a 3.62% increase given that inflation was 3.68% in 2013.
With the PLN government yet to show any willingness to negotiate, both the Anep and national social security institute (CCSS)’s union, Undeca, have announced further anti-government protests will take place this month.
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