Despite the cancellation of the official May Day parade as a measure to combat the spread of “Swine Flu,” some 200 workers marched on Ciudad Juárez‘s central Avenida 16 de Septiembre, chanting “Este día no es de influenza; es de lucha y de protesta” (This isn’t a day of flu; it’s a day of struggle and protest). At the city’s Plaza de Armas, they burned three piñatas representing the educational, economic and labor reforms of Mexico’s federal government.
Participating organizations included the Frente Nacional Contra la Represión (FNCR), Unión de Trabajadores Agrícolas Fronterizos (Braceros), Coordinadora Regional Fronteriza, and the Comité Universitario de Izquierda. (El Diario, Juárez, May 1)
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