Cabin crew KLM wants to strike on January 8
WILLEMSTAD - The cabin crew of the Dutch airline KLM wants to take action. On January 8, they will lay down their work for 24 hours. It is possible that fewer KLM flights will depart from Schiphol on that day. The More...
Tourists duped due to trade union actions
WILLEMSTAD - It is not possible anymore to just walk into the courtyard of Fort Amsterdam in Punda Willemstad. Yesterday a group of tourists stood in vain at the entrance and were not allowed inside. The security More...
Isla unions no longer want actions
WILLEMSTAD - The fifteen trade unions in Solidaridat Sindikal are divided. The Isla unions (oil refinery) are deliberating whether they will continue with the actions or not. The actions have taken a long time and, More...
Teachers’ union sets other priorities than Solidaridat Sindikal
WILLEMSTAD - The teachers’ union SITEK was one of the great absentees during the actions of Solidaridat Sindikal in recent days. SITEK chairman Lio Plantijn says to have other priorities than to carry out actions. The More...
Unions suspend actions and give government 48 hours
WILLEMSTAD - During their most recent press conference, the unions declared that they will take two days to come to a solution with the government for the issues of the minimum wage and the dismissal round at the More...
Prime Minister: “We are not negotiating with the unions!”
WILLEMSTAD - During the press conference of the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister of Curaçao Eugene Rhuggenaath indicated that the government is not negotiating with the trade unions. There will be no counter-proposal. More...
No permission for manifestation
WILLEMSTAD - The strikers, unlike the peaceful manifestation on the Wilhelminaplein Wednesday, did not have permission for the manifestation at the PWFC building yesterday. This was stated by Minister Quincy Girigorie More...
Again a very quiet day for the unions
WILLEMSTAD - A repetition threatens for the 15 trade unions. Again it is quiet and people are staying away. The unions had called on refinery employees to shut the operations down and also the hospital staff to More...
Unions threaten to shut down operations at oil refinery
WILLEMSTAD - “Operations at the Isla refinery has to be shut down today!” That is according to Angelo Meyer, President of the oil refinery union PWFC last night at a press conference of the Solidaridat Sindikal More...
Parts of Sorsaka plantation house burned down
WILLEMSTAD - Early this morning a part of Sorsaka country house burned down. It was popularly called the residence of the Lieutenant Governor. Lizanne Dindial was the last resident during her term as Lieutenant More...
