Although back in August 2005 the Piura Labour Court had rejected the request by the Banco del Trabajo (owned by the Chilean multinational Altas Cumbres) to have the bank workers’ union (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores del Banco del Trabajo-SUTRABANTRA) declared illegal, the bank continued to refuse to recognise the union. Following a complaint by the workers on 4 December criticising various violations of workers’ rights by the bank, the management issued a statement that there was no legally constituted union at the bank, though in fact there were two: SUTRABANTRA, representing blue collar workers, and SUDEBANTRA (Sindicato Unitario de Empleados del Banco del Trabajo), representing employees.:
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