In the wake of an agreement between the International Monetary Fund and the Honduran government signed last November, 6,500 public employees have been laid off. The public institutions where they worked are being slowly privatized. These include companies that provide water, electricity, and phone services. Labor rights are already weak in Honduras, where 80% of workers do not have a formal contract or collective bargaining agreement and unemployment is on the rise. Gerardo Torres reports from Tegucigalpa. teleSUR
