ILWU Urges Action to Help Costa Rica Dockworkers
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is calling on the U.S. government to take immediate action to stop Costa Rica’s attack on SINTRAJAP, that country’s dockworkers union.
In a letter to President Obama, ILWU President Robert McEllrath said the Costa Rican government is carrying out a plan to undermine and eventually eliminate the dockworkers union in order to privatize two of the country’s ports.
In January 2010, the state-owned agency that administers the ports of Costa Rica unilaterally removed the democratically elected leadership of SINTRAJAP and replaced them with a government-backed board of directors.
