Mexico
Anti-mining protests in Mexico, Canada
The July 22 Global Day of Action Against Open-Pit Mining, most widely observed in the Andean nations, also saw coordinated protests in NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada.
Tag: labor
Southern Cone
Brazil: unions respond to protests with general strike
The union movement held its first big general strike in three decades in a bid to bring labor demands to the spontaneous protest movement that swept Brazil in June.
Southern Cone
Chile: students march as election season starts
Port workers and copper miners joined students in the latest marches for free education, while the media and government focused on violence by a few of the marchers.
Africa
China mining firms contribute to Congo abuses: AI
Chinese-owned mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo are contributing to a culture of human rights abuses, Amnesty International reports.
Greater Middle East
Turkish unions appeal for solidarity
Turkey’s DISK labor federation is calling for international solidarity as Prime Minister Erdogan declared its general strike in support of the protest movement “illegal.”
The Andes
Bolivia: break between Evo, labor federation?
Bolivian mine workers ended a two-week strike when the government agreed to a pension hike, but the episode may represent a break between Evo Morales and COB labor federation.
The Andes
Peru: protest vigil against Trans-Pacific trade pact
Activists established a protest vigil outside Lima’s Hotel Marriott as the 17th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership opened in the Peruvian capital.
The Caribbean
Haiti: labor groups unite for May 1 march
Haiti saw unusually large May 1 marches this year as unions joined together in the capital and assembly and agricultural workers protested in other cities.
Central America
Salvador May Day march rejects privatization push
Some 80,000 Salvadorans took to the streets on May Day to oppose privatization initiatives mandated by the US State Department’s Partnership for Growth program.
South Asia
May Day rocks Bangladesh, Athens, Seattle
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, an angry May Day march descended on the city center with drums, red flags, and chants of “Hang the killers, Hang the Factory Owners!”
Mexico
Mexico: Guerrero teachers trash party offices
Teacher protests against a US-style education “reform” program turned violent in Guerrero as masked men attacked the offices of several political parties.
South Asia
Workers’ uprising in Bangladesh
Garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job, blocked roads, attacked factories and smashed vehicles, paralyzing at least three industrial areas outside Dhaka.