Local February 1, 2016 - 3:57 pm

Hundreds of sugar cane workers demand a pension at the National Palace

Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of elderly, former sugar caneworkers on Monday resumed their protests outside the National Palace to demand apension from the government.

The former sugarcane workers demand a pension and other benefits,marched to the National Palace where they chanted in protest.

They asked president Danilo Medina to conclude the processfor the retirement of those who haven’t obtained a pension despite having workedin state-owned sugar mills and plantations for decades.

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