Port workers have demanded that President Medina order the payment of more than RD$50 million that is owed to them for their Christmas bonus and which they should have received back in December.
Nicolás de la Rosa, secretary general of the Port Workers of Boca Chica union, speaking at a press conference has warned that if they do not receive the money in the next few days they will strike and picket the ports.
At the same time Jacobo Ramos, president of the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), also asked President Medina to pay the port workers, saying there is no explanation as to why they have not been paid when it was the law and the money was in the budget. He also warned that other affiliated unions would take to the streets if the port workers were not paid.
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El Nacional
20 February 2018
