Panama Canal expansion workers strike over pay
This article is a summary of reporting by BBC News. Originally published January 18, 2012.
Thousands of laborers working on the major project to widen the Panama Canal initiated an indefinite strike over compensation and working conditions. Unionized workers demanded wage increases and better overtime pay from the international consortium leading the engineering project. The work stoppage raised international concerns regarding potential delays to the historic canal expansion, which was designed to double the waterway's transit capacity for global commerce.
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Thousands of construction workers on the multi-billion-dollar Panama Canal expansion launched an indefinite strike demanding wage increases.
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