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Weekly Report - 20 September 2018 (WR-18-37)
COSTA RICA: Alvarado tested by unions
Costa Rica’s largest trade union, Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados (Anep), has begun an indefinite strike against the fiscal reform proposed by the centre-left Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) government led by President Carlos Alvarado – a major priority given the country’s spiralling fiscal deficit, which closed at 6.2% of GDP in 2017. The second national strike by the unions over tax reform [WR-18-25] since Alvarado took office in May, the issue is serving as a major test of relations between the new government and the unions.
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