Government and business organizations have expressed their opposition, but Foro Social Alternativo, a group best known for its organization of national protest strikes, said the call for a 24-hour nationwide strike on Mon, 11 July is on. The organization demands the government reduce electricity tariffs, increase public employee wages by 30%, and change the petrol law that is pegged to petrol increases worldwide. It comes after Congress approved a taxation package that would generate an additional RD$9.4 billion to the government so it can compensate its fiscal deficit. <\/p>\n
Superintendent of banks Ng Cortinas estimates each day of strike costs the economy RD$1 billion. Luis Abinader, vice presidential candidate for the PRD, said the strike is a call by citizens to the government to stop wasteful spending of government resources. <\/p>\n
This would be the first strike call for this year. Strike calls had lost their attraction after becoming so common, the general public began to ignore them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government and business organizations have expressed their opposition, but Foro Social Alternativo, a group best known for its organization of national protest strikes, said the call for a 24-hour nationwide strike on Mon, 11 July is on. The organization demands the government reduce electricity tariffs, increase public employee wages by 30%, and change the petrol … <\/p>\n