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Protest In Front of La Immaculada Credit Union
Fri, July 3, 2015
There was protest yesterday in Orange Walk. Disgruntled La Inmaculada Credit Union members walked along with their signs and placards in front of the establishment. Now, why are the protesting? Well, on May 8th the Board of Directors put the General Manager - Yolanda Gomez on administrative leave and apparently did so without explanation or consultation with the members. That's what's got the members heated and they decided to make their voices heard in the streets yesterday. With the help of our colleagues at CTV3 - we have hear from Union members - they are demanding answers to the fate of their general manager and the future of union.

Salome August (Credit Union 9)
"I used to work at the credit union. I am a member of the credit union. In trying to tell the public to stand up. Let's stand up strong. Let's stand up for what is right. Let's get the answers that the people, the public are asking for. Don't stand for intimidation. The staff members are intimidated. I was one but I stood up and because I stood up I lost my job. Let's come together. Let's make the change. Let's make the right decision."

Concerned Member (Credit Union 12)
"We need to get information for what's going on in our institution. We need to get updated when our AGM will be. There's a lot of questions that need to be answered. We need to know what the fate of Ms. Yolanda Gomez and just to bring awareness to the members that they have us in the dark. We cannot rely on hearsay. I do not want to rely on hearsay. We want complete evidence of what's going on. Gomez had brought this institution from where it was couple years from $1 million assets to $50 million. So we want to know what's happening. I think she's a good manager. She got us where we are now. So we want to know what really is happening inside that institution that we are members/owners of the institution. That's our concern."

Concerned Member (Credit Union 22)
"The directors of the credit union are not informing us the owners, the people who own this bank. So people need to know that they need to come out and voice what they need to know."

A representative of the credit union has gone on record to say that they are treating the issue very seriously, and they have pledged to release information to a timely manner.

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