Municipal workers call off strike, hold demos in the afternoons instead

LOS BARRIOS (Agencies) The municipal employees returned to work this morning after their union officially called off the 'indefinite' strike that began on November 8. Although the cause of the strike is not yet resolved (non-payment of salaries for October, two months' worth for the staff at Radiotelevisión Los Barrios), an accumulated stoppage of two weeks has begun to seriously affect their pockets, as two weeks on strike adds up to almost a months' wages when including social security payments, etc.. Instead of the work stoppage, the employees will hold daily demonstrations from five to six in the afternoon, today being the first. Union delegates, however, will continue to hold their own daily demos at 10am. Some 50 such delegates had locked themselves into the Council chamber for some 50 days, which began on September 28.