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Hutchison Ports PPC, The Industrial Union of Port Workers of Panama (SINTRAPORSPA) and the Renovated Union of Workers of the Panama Ports Company (SIRETPPOC), signed a collective labour agreement in a single text to both unions.

This important agreement will last 4 years, reaching thousands of collaborators between men and women, from Panama and Colon; addressing issues such as salary increases, group insurance, sports activities and activities for employees’ children among many other benefits; providing a healthy and favourable work environment for dock workers and their families.

The Minister of Labor and Workforce Development, Doris Zapata Acevedo recognized before the company and both unions, the importance of the maritime port industry for the economic development of the country. On the other hand, a stable and peaceful work environment, which respects the Labor Code, is essential for the proper performance of this activity.

The signing parties, represented by Alberto Ochoa of SINTRAPORSPA, Gilberto Gómez, of SIRETPPOC, and Jared Zerbe, CEO of Hutchison Ports PPC, agreed on the importance of strengthening good communications between the parties to promote peace and stability at the ports

In a feeling of solidarity, a group of PPC volunteers together with personnel from the Port’s Protection Department joined in a humanitarian campaign with the aim of supporting families from Colón affected not only by confinement but also financially due to the loss of their sources of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The volunteers contributed what they can according to their possibilities, despite the distance, neither the climate nor the adversities of the confinement, which made them quit their humanitarian mission. The “Solidarity Sponsors” travelled to the township of Nuevo San Juan, Los Lotes, Sector A to bring a little hope, support and relief through bags of food with basic necessities as a gesture of solidarity.

Many of the families in the area are going through difficult times and these donations and support from the PPC volunteers were received with tokens of appreciation for them and as signs of blessings for their homes.

In the worst moments is where you can also see great actions, this is how solidarity works, putting yourself in the place of the other, and helping each other with acts of kindness and generosity.

Thanks to the Port Protection Department and the PPC Volunteers for their solidarity and humanitarian relief efforts to help those who need it the most.

Hutchison Ports PPC, (Panama Ports Company) operates the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal recently made a donation to the Association of Resident and Intern Physicians of Panama’s Social Security (AMERI), which consisted of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used by doctors, as well as for personnel working in hospitals and patients with COVID-19.

AMERI is a non-profit association whose main function is to ensure continuous medical education, the rights and well-being of doctors in training, as well as to provide care to patients aimed at correcting or alleviating the suffering caused by diseases, so that people live longer and better.

To reinforce the work of the Panamanian authorities in the fight against COVID-19, PPC has launched a support program that includes the delivery of food bags to people affected by the pandemic and important donations for the country’s health system , such as beds for hospitals, state-of-the-art ventilators, medical equipment for intensive care rooms and personal protective equipment, among others.

With this support, PPC seeks to provide a friendly and supportive hand to health personnel throughout the country, who are on the front lines of the battle in the fight against the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Our health heroes put their lives at risk every day to try to stop the spread of this disease, almost always working long hours and under conditions of pressure, which in turn expose them to contagion.

We are a country full of hope, of positive people, who rise up in difficult times, a country full of heroes who give everything so that we can move forward.