Murder of COPE's industrial relations manager
In March 1988, a woman murdered COPE's industrial relations manager as the union prepared to discuss its list of demands. This event preceded a fifty-day strike that ended with the violent eviction and the union's headlessness.
In March 1988, when the COPE union was preparing to discuss its list of demands, a woman murdered the company's industrial relations manager. This murder occurred in the context of a labor dispute at the factory, located on the Central Highway in Lima. Subsequently, in April 1988, the workers led an indefinite general strike with a 50-day takeover of the facilities. After the violent eviction, the leaders were fired, the union was disbanded and the workers were unable to get any of their demands met. COPE was an old company founded in 1951 that produced collapsible tubes for toothpaste, containers for food products, and plastic and tinplate containers for lubricants.