Labor Dispute

Nurses at Hospital Aníbal Murillo Escobar in Olanchito have begun informational assemblies over the firing of a colleague named Damaris, who was employed under contract since 2024; union leaders warn that protests may escalate if the Health Ministry does not explain or reverse the dismissal.

Municipal workers reinstated by court order after layoffs in 2022–2023 remain relegated to a hallway in poor conditions at a San Pedro Sula city building, prompting human-rights groups to document the situation and urge the city to reassign them properly.

A former driver for Suyapa Medios, the Catholic Church media foundation, has sued over his dismissal after nearly 11 years of employment, claiming the company violated labor law and left him without health coverage while battling biliary cancer.

Honduras's Medical College (CMH) gave the government three days to pay over two months of back wages to public-sector doctors and reinstate physicians who were dismissed, threatening escalated labor action if demands are not met.

San Pedro Sula municipality faces nearly L48 million in unpaid court-ordered settlements to employees who won labor lawsuits, with reintegrated workers relegated to office hallways without duties and suffering heat-related health problems while awaiting payment.

Transport leaders from five major cities announced plans for a nationwide strike next week unless the government pays a pending compensation bonus and addresses security threats facing the sector.

An administrative employee dismissed from Instituto Departamental Honduras in José Santos Guardiola has been reinstated after teachers and union representatives protested the firing, though the school remains occupied by demonstrators demanding full resolution.

Honduras's teaching unions are threatening nationwide protests if the government does not halt the firing of approximately 2,000 administrative, custodial, and security staff from schools, roles they say are essential to school operations.

Honduras's nursing association is warning it will hold informational assemblies if the Health Ministry does not reinstate about 100 fired nurses, pay overdue benefits, and establish a promised technical committee to address grievances.

Lobster fishermen warned they will occupy Puerto Cortés and La Ceiba ports unless the government by June 15 unifies closure seasons for lobster, conch, and sea cucumber, and forgives debts from licensing and canon fees that they say crippled the industry last season.

President Asfura's government and the Medical College of Honduras agreed on a new salary scale, reinstatement of separated physicians, and improved benefits for health-sector workers, ending the physicians' nationwide informational assemblies.

Honduras's Medical College escalated its strike into an eighth day of nationwide assemblies at health facilities, demanding answers on layoffs, reinstatements, back pay, and formal contracts for physician managers.

The Medical College of Honduras and Health Ministry agreed to strengthen dialogue channels to address physician demands, but doctors will continue informational assemblies at healthcare facilities while consulting union members on any agreements.

Honduras's education sector and government have agreed to halt nationwide protest actions and will form a negotiating committee this Friday to discuss teacher salary increases in the national budget.

Teachers and staff have occupied Instituto Departamental Honduras on the Bay Islands since the dismissal of Marliz Carina Gómez Marín, an administrative employee, demanding her reinstatement and citing lack of due process and protections for indigenous workers.