Has anyone heard about the public employee strike. I guess it caused havoc this weekend and the traffic couldn't move so the tourists that had to catch a flight walked to the airport pulling their luggage.

I did a search on that and didn't find any info at all on it. Also, here is a link to an Aruba newspaper just for information on happenings in Aruba.

http://www.arubatoday.com/index.php?...book&book_id=3

Hope that isn't true about the strike, and if so, hope it ends soon!

Shawn!

There have been reports on Amigoe's website
http://www.amigoe.com/english/

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i just read the article...what is cao? I couldn't understand anything in that article....anyone got any idea??? cindy

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Amigoe has news from each of the ABC islands. This is the article that is relevant:

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boy would i be $issed if i had a flight to catch and this disrupted my travel plans.

that being said, when unions end up having to do something drastic like this to make folks aware of an issue, you can bet that it is serious in nature.

i would be interested in hearing 1st hand tourist reports of the congestion nightmare at the rotary and their airport trek recounts.

this is so unfortunate.

andrea

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I believe cao stands for "collective agreement" that is the actual document between the union and employer.

I live in Savaneta and the strike has been a real pain. Trash collection stopped for several days and we did see the union caravan driving through Noord. Luckily, we were going in the other direction! I didn't actually see the mess at the airport, but heard about it later on the local news. I feel for the locals who haven't had a pay increase in far too long. Oduber must have raised a ton of dough with the 3% BBO, and yet there's no money for raises. Hmmmmmm ...

Hurting the tourists may get attention but not in a positive manner. People only get angry and their sympathies do not go to the strikers!!

BY THE WAY: Aruba today....see previous posts!!

Randi

It seems like these activities are only a protest and not an actual work stopping strike. Does anyone have any idea how long the workers have been without an agreement they consider suitable?

I sure hope their marches do not turn into actual strikes! That could really shut things down with such a small base of workers on the island. It is one thing to call in replacement workers when you live on the mainland US compared to the relative isolation of a southern Caribbean island.

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