Case No 2214 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 09-JUL-02

The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the Trade Union of Workers of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (STISSS)

Allegations

The complainant organization alleges that the permanent contracts of members of SIMETRISSS were changed to temporary contracts of three months’ duration, private armed guards were hired to discourage any protest attempts at the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS), illegal wage deductions were made for 11 people (some of them trade union members), 18 people were dismissed, two trade union members were transferred or prevented from applying for a job in violation of the arbitration award in force, and people and vehicles belonging to trade union members were searched at the Medical Surgical Hospital and the Specialized Treatment Hospital, including two trade union officials who are under surveillance and who have been deprived of freedom of movement. The complainant organization also refers to the privatization process and its labour-related consequences and to the alleged lack of collective bargaining.

Case No 2214 (El Salvador) - Complaint date: 09-JUL-02

The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the Trade Union of Workers of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (STISSS)

Allegations

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