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PHOTOS: Public employee unions protest in Costa Rica

By Alberto Font

August 21, 2015

Teachers from public schools, members of the National Association of Educators (ANDE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Teachers from public schools, members of the National Association of Educators (ANDE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

"Value-added tax (VAT) wont pass" says a sign at the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Teachers from public schools, members of the National Association of Educators (ANDE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Members of the Asociación Nacional de Profesionales en Enfermería (ANPE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Artisans from the Calle 13 in San José, that are threatened to be moved from this street, attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Members of the High School Teachers’ Association (APSE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Traditional "Gigantas" participate the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Members of the High School Teachers’ Association (APSE) attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Hundreds of public employees marched along the capital’s Second Avenue to the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. There, union leaders delivered lawmakers a petition asking them to oppose a bill, the “Public Employment Law,” which would eliminate public workers’ extra-wage benefits and bonuses. Protesters extended for about five blocks. At around 12:30 p.m. most of them began to leave the streets. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Hundreds of public employees marched along the capital’s Second Avenue to the Legislative Assembly in San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Members of the High School Teachers’ Association (APSE) and the National Association of Educators (ANDE), attend the public employee protest in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

Heads of lawmakers are carried as protest signs at the public employee demonstration in Avenida Segunda, San José, August 20, 2015. — Alberto Font/The Tico Times

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