Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Industrial Relations: Union leaders in Puerto Rico call off protests

Union leaders in Puerto Rico, have called off island-wide protests as a special commission looked for answers to a fiscal crisis that has partially closed the government and eroded Puerto Rico's credit rating.

AP reports that although around 150 protesting teachers blocked traffic at a port in San Juan where cruise ships dock, Puerto Rico's three biggest unions, instead urged politicians to resolve the crisis, now in its ninth day.