The labor strike against the fiscal plan that began on September 10 seems to have died down considerably almost a month later, as most of the movements have been declared illegal by the labor courts.

Today the strike of the employees of the Electricity Institute (ICE) was declared illegal, the decision of judge Yadir Jimenez was based in that ICE offers a public service, considered essential, “The strike is a right for all, exercisable in any activity, with the exception of activities that constitute a ‘public service’, in this case there is an express prohibition of the same, due to the nature and social impact they have, being that it is not possible to suspend, paralyze or discontinue the service under any legal perspective, without causing a significant, immediate and severe damage”, reads the sentence.

“According to the Constitution, the labor law, international treaties of the International Labor Organization, in reason that phone services and electricity services are essential public services, this strike must be declared illegal”.

The strike at the National Insurance Institute (INS) was also declared illegal, but in this case the judge considered that the movement did not comply with the requirements established by law to make it valid, being that the labor unions did not exhaust the conciliation options and did not have the minimum percentage of participation.

These two more rulings make a total of 17 movements that have been “considered illegal”, while only 2 have been deemed “legal”.

Several institutions have reported that the number of employees in strike has diminished considerably. The majority of labor unions at the Social Security Service returned to normal operations this Monday after reaching an agreement with authorities of the CCSS and representatives of the Government.

The biggest group still on strike involves the Ministry of Public Education.