 A telephone switching box in Cayey and a telephone booth in Mayagüez were also set on fire.As the workers' strike dragged on with no response from the government, a coalition called the Greater Committee of Labor Organizations ("Comite Amplio de Organizaciones Sindicales", or CAOS) was formed with the goal of launching a general strike.Local 1199 NY

UIET representative Victor Rodriguez met on July 9 in New York with members of the
health care workers union, Local 1199.