Errol Cova: “Actions unions over”
WILLEMSTAD - The trade unions have ended their actions. According to their foreman, Errol Cova two of the three points have been reached. The increase in vehicle insurance is off the table and there is an agreement 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...
Actions unions continue today
WILLEMSTAD - the actions announced by the fifteen unions are in the interest of more than sixty percent of the population of Curaçao who have to manage to live on a minimum wage, said spokesman Errol Cova. “Many 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...
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...
Prime Minister: “I don’t understand why they are still on strike!”
WILLEMSTAD - The Prime Minister of Curaçao Eugene Rhuggenaath said in an interview that he doesn’t understand what the unions still want to achieve. “As a government, we have met the unions on all three points More...
No agreement between unions and government; Atmosphere at Fort Amsterdam grim
WILLEMSTAD - Two hours of consultationS between the unions and the government did not lead to an agreement this morning. Compromise proposals that the government had reached with the consultation platform Kòrsou More...
Unions fail to muster enough support for their demonstration
WILLEMSTAD - The proclaimed strike and manifestation on Wilhelminaplein did not get the support or the number of people the trade unions hoped for. According to several sources, there were about one hundred people More...
