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ASECOTEL Panama holds meeting with Government’s vice minister

Published: 2 February 2011
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 Panama City. During January, the Company Panama Post and Telegraph, COTEL, dismissed 148 workers. ASECOTEL, acting in the capacity of the workers’ representative, requested an urgent meeting with the Vice minister of Government and Justice, Lic. Luis Miguel Hincapié, jointly with COTEL’s Director, Lic Jisslena Vidales del Corro, to inquire about the massive unjustified dismissals in the Post Company. These dismissals have resulted in the closure of several post offices, and many others have visibly decreased their operational capacity.



The meeting took place on February 1st, and in this opportunity ASECOTEL’s representatives Ismael Ruiz and the Labour Advisor Irving Mawell, requested the Vice minister and the Post Director an urgent reconsideration of these dismissals, specially in the cases of colleagues with problems of physical disability or with relatives with physical disabilities who depend on them. They also requested to reconsider the dismissal of union leaders who work for the organisation at the provincial as well as at the national level.



Before closing the meeting it was agreed to designate a High Level Commission which will have the duty of revising the actions and proceedings, and which will meet on February 11th, 2011.



The following people will integrate the Commission:

1. The Vice minister of Government, Luis Miguel Hincapié.

2. The General Director of Post, Jisslena Vidales de Corro.

3. The Legal Advisor of the Government’s Ministry.

4. The Legal Advisor of Post.

5. The General Secretary of ASECOTEL , Ismael Ruiz.

6. The Legal Advisor of ASECOTEL, Irving Maxwell.

7. UNI Americas Regional Director of Post and Logistics, Cenise Monteiro, who will attend the meeting as an observer.



ASECOTEL expects the government to fulfill the commitments assumed in this first meeting, in order to put an end to the dramatic situation of so many unemployed Panamanian workers.



Contact: cenise.monteiro@uniglobalunion.org





206/Translated by UNI americas