Day: October 23, 2014

Costa Rica intervenes to stop strike at port, arrests 68

Oct 23, 2014

Costa Rican police arrested 68 people in the country’s main Atlantic port on Wednesday after a strike over plans to expand the hub threatened to paralyse shipping. The stevedores’ union, SINTRAJAP, launched an...

Dockworkers strike over APMT terminal agreement in Costa Rica

Oct 23, 2014

Dockworkers in Costa Rica walked off the job Wednesday, continuing a long battle over a proposed container terminal operated by APM Terminals with a strike. Union leaders described the strike as “indefinite.” The union, which...