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Caribbean & Central America - August 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)
COSTA RICA: Strike ends with little to show
President Laura Chinchilla seems doomed to inheriting the worst legacy possible from all previous governments and in July, the decades-old financial crisis afflicting the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) finally exploded. With the government owing the CCSS US$845m (US$180m in 2011 alone), the situation had reached breaking point and CCSS workers nationwide, including those working in public hospitals and other health related institutions, decided to go on a 6-day strike (18-23 July) to bring what they describe as poor working conditions and backlogged pay to everyone’s attention. However, after massive disruptions, low adhesion (officially 6% average throughout the measure) and (unconfirmed) denunciations that the strike had led to deaths, the action came to an end with no concrete results to speak of.
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