I'm on strike. I want the government to improve my pay. I've just snuck into the office to spread union propaganda but I'll have to be quick cos I don't want to look like I've crossed the picket line.
The DISA workers are all on strike for the second time this year. The first strike lasted for a month and this one is scheduled to last a month if the government doesn't do anything. From what I understand (always a slightly subjective view of the facts considering my level of Spanish) they're asking for a 7% pay increase, there's some food thing they have to pay that they don't want to pay anymore, they want to be taken off monthly contracts and I think they said they'd like health insurance but I'm not sure I have understood that correctly cos it just seems too ironic.
I'm heading off to Lima on Thursday and then to the jungle for a few days so I'll have to show my solidarity from afar.
¡Si no hay solucion, la huelga continua!
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