They highlight the importance of maintaining banana production, which is currently a source of employment for some 50,000 people who live in the province of Bocas del Toro
Closures make it difficult to transfer bananas and food to other areas of the country. Photo: Illustrative
More than 300 closures have been registered in the province of Bocas del Toro, during the administration of President Laurentino Cortizo, according to what was stated by the Minister of Labor and Labor Development Doris Zapata, who revealed that five of those closures are due to problems between workers and the banana company.
After the recent closures by banana workers, the minister said they have been summoning the company sector on the one hand and the workers on the other so that they sit down to dialogue and that the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development play the role of mediator in this problem.
“Today we have the presence of both the managers of the company and the workers, in a sincere conversation, where we are looking for the meeting points to be able to solve the situation that we have at this moment in the province of Bocas del Toro,” he specified.
By highlighting his concern about the constant closures that affect the economy of the province.
For his part, the Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, said that a change of attitude is necessary and not look for situations that complicate the movement within the province and that hinder investments and entrepreneurs who have to move within the province.
“I think that we must find a new method of protest like in the park, in front of the government, but closing the only access road to take the food to the province of Panama and take the bananas to the Almirante cannot be the right thing to do.” so there has to be a change,” he said.
He highlighted the importance of maintaining banana production, which is currently a source of employment for some 50,000 people who live in the province of Bocas del Toro.
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