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The Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama (Spanish: Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá, CTRP) is a national trade union center located in Panama. It has a claimed membership of 35,000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
The union, which still uses hiring halls, has a single labor contract with the Pacific Maritime Association which covers all 29 seaports on the west coast of the US, from Bellingham, Washington, to San Diego; its 15,000 dockworkers were paid an average of $171,000 in 2019.
The General Confederation of Workers of Panama (CGTP) is a national trade union center in Panama. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
His goal was to create a union as large and influential as the Steel Workers Organizing Committee out of the nation's 300,000 maritime workers. Although Lewis favored Harry Bridges, president of the Pacific Coast District of the International Longshoremen's Association, to lead the new maritime industrial union, the other union leaders balked ...
Port Region Country (and subdivision) Body of water Coordinates Features and notes [1] [2]Acajutla: Central America: El Salvador, Sonsonate: Corinto: Central America: Nicaragua, Chinandega
A group of workers digging during the construction of the Panama Canal in Panama, circa 1910. Credit - Getty Images. I n his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has ...
The strike involved over 37,000 workers and paralyzed the entire Pacific Coast shipping industry. [1] [2] The Gulf Coast strike was parallel to a similar Gulf Coast maritime strike, called almost simultaneously. Both strikes were catalysts for the formation of the National Maritime Union under union leader Joseph Curran.
On Oct. 20, Panama's government approved a contract for First Quantum to operate the copper Cobre Panama mine. In return the miner agreed to pay Panama $375 million a year. First Quantum warns of ...