According to Captain Daniel Camazón, who is part of the Captains, these events were denounced since April 12, 2018 by the Panama Canal Authority, before the national and international media.
Canal Captains denounce unfair labor practice by the ACP. Photo: Illustrative
The Union of Captains and Deck Officers of the Panama Canal, in recent days reported that on June 22, 2022, Chamber III of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), through a decision confirming resolution No. 3/2020 of November 14, 2019, by which the Labor Relations Board of the Panama Canal declares that the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) committed the causes of unfair labor practice, in relation to the elimination of a third sailor in the ALFA tugboats that assist ships transiting through the third set of locks of the expanded canal.
According to Captain Daniel Camazón, who is part of the Captains, these events were denounced since April 12, 2018 by the Panama Canal Authority, before the national and international media, accusing the tugboat captains of having provoked the interruption of transit through the waterway. The administration announced dismissals and administrative sanctions for captains who, according to their version of events, refused to comply with a supposedly legitimate, clear and documented order.
He added that this unfair labor practice was initially given by another union, which is the one from which the sailors were eliminated.
He explained that the tugboat captains were sanctioned from that date and sanctioned without pay and were attacked by the Canal administration.
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