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| Metropolitan Gas Enterprise and other enterprises belonging to the TOMZA Corporation: The complainants allege the illegal dismissal of 13 trade unionists following reorganization of the trade union; the enterprise demanded that workers withdraw from the trade union under threat of dismissal; at the beginning of the dispute four trade union officers received death threats. Guatemalan Telecommunications Enterprise: According to the allegations, the President of the Republic announced that the enterprise would be closed, disregarding the fact that court proceedings were under way concerning a collective labour dispute relating to refusal to negotiate a new collective agreement; in order to weaken this workers’ movement and destroy the trade union, the enterprise decided to implement a voluntary retirement plan for all the workers, but in fact they are being obliged to resign on the pretext that they will be paid all of their employment benefits. Municipality of Retalhuleu: According to the allegations, the municipality has failed to comply with the minimum wage in the case of 20 workers and with the provisions of the collective agreement |
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