Weekly Brief: Dec. 12th - 18th

Nicaragua breaks up protest at South Korean-owned factory Normally union-friendly Nicaragua stamped down on a union protest at a South Korean-owned factory after workers complained about working conditions [http://strongerunions.org/2016/12/09/nicaragua-dances-to-south-korean-tune-as-union-protest-is-criminalised/] . The company fired the union leadership and called the police, who detained a dozen workers. The two countries signed an FTA just last month, and there’s speculation that the governm