For shareholders of CAC 40 companies, that's fine! ---- 25 of the 40
companies alone generated 123.9 billion euros. Figures which are driven
by two sectors: luxury and automobiles. Hermès, LVMH, Kering and L'Oréal
alone make 29 billion euros in profits: an increase of 7%. . More than
two billion euros for Renault, 18.6 billion for Stellantis which takes
second place behind TotalEnergies. At Stellantis, the group's boss
announced that 1.9 billion euros would be redistributed to employees
around the world. (An incentive bonus of 4,100 euros in France).
For their bosses, it's okay too...
Luca De Meo, CEO for a year at the head of Renault, should receive
around 4.5 million euros for the 2022 results. And this remains well
behind the remuneration of Carlos Tavares because the boss of Stellantis
could receive up to 'to 23.5 million euros. As for the general
remuneration of CAC 40 bosses, they have increased twice as fast as
those of their employees.
The European directive on platform workers definitively blocked by the
Macron government.
Friday February 16, during the Committee of Permanent Representatives of
the Council of the European Union (EU), the governments of Germany,
Greece and Estonia abstained from voting. France, for its part, declared
that it was "not able to support the text", which amounts to abstention.
These four states forming a blocking minority according to community
rules, the text could not be voted on.
This version of the presumption of employment should allow workers who
so wish to obtain the status of employees and the related rights (paid
leave, compensated sick leave, unemployment), provided they prove the
link of subordination with the platform. form that uses them. Out of 28
million workers affected in 2022 (a figure which could reach 43 million
in 2025), Brussels estimates the number of "false" self-employed people
to be 5.5 million.
Furthermore, employees[1]are mobilizing in many sectors
At EDF, the agents strongly mobilized following the call of the
inter-union which called for a strike for wages on January 30,
At Public Finance, a campaign on remuneration is underway and a new
mobilization took place on January 29 with rallies throughout France
In Education, strike on February 1 for wages, working conditions,
employment and school. The strong mobilization was continued on February 6.
On February 6, there was also a mobilization on salaries in the PIC
(parcel distribution) of the Post Office,
In the branch of service providers (call centers, hosts and hostesses,
etc.), after the success of the mobilization of January 23, a new day of
strike will take place on March 13,
In the civil service strike on March 19, day of mobilization at the call
of the public service inter-union.
The feminist strike on March 8 will focus on these questions: 70% of
people using food aid are women.
When will these struggles be unified, for an indexation of wages to
inflation and an increase of EUR400 for all? And additional increases,
for the lowest salaries...
Note
1. This part of this section is deliberately feminized. A way of
reminding us that the feminist strike of March 8 concerns everyone.
France
France's main ports affected by dockers' strike against pension reform
The ports of Marseille-Fos, Le Havre as well as Rouen and even Lorient
and Brest were affected by the movement. The dockworkers mobilized at
the call of the CGT are protesting against the reform which postpones
their retirement for two years, believing that it does not sufficiently
take into account the arduousness of their work.
SNCF: Agents of the commercial train service (ASCT), the name given to
controllers by the SNCF, will be on strike throughout the weekend of
February 16 at the call of the National Collective of ASCT and the SUD
and CGT unions.
At the heart of the conflict, the non-compliance with the memorandum of
understanding signed by the four representative unions of the SNCF (CGT,
UNSA, SUD, CFDT), the day after the Christmas 2022 strike - followed by
more than one agent on two. The protocol provided, among other things,
for the recognition of arduousness, which should result in the
establishment of a gradual cessation of activity allowing people to
retire a little earlier, from 2023. However, this measure is still
waiting. As well as the commitment to the presence of two controllers
per TGV. In addition to these two central demands, the controllers, who
feel like they have been fooled, are demanding salary measures to deal
with inflation. The salaries of controllers at the start of their career
do not exceed 1700 to 1800 euros net. (Balance of power)
Two months after the start of their strike, which began at the end of
November, around forty firefighters from Reims demonstrated on the
morning of February 9 in front of Reims town hall, where they had a
meeting with the mayor. They denounce a decline in their quality of life
at work: more and more interventions are being requested from
firefighters, which could be the responsibility of the SAMU or even the
police.
On February 5, the Port firefighters (Reunion Island) walked off the
job, initiating a protest movement against the lack of resources they
experience in the exercise of their duties in the department.
A memorandum of understanding has been found. The strike therefore only
lasted a few hours.
But the anger of the Port firefighters also concerns the lack of
resources, more precisely of intervention vehicles, which impacts their
work every day. Several of their interventions had to be put on hold due
to a lack of VSAV (rescue and assistance vehicle for victims).
The strike movement, started on January 9, 2024 by employees of SEMOP
Agglo'bus (the only urban transport network in Guyana - see previous CA)
ended on January 19. Among the demands obtained, fixed-term contracts of
more than 12 months will be converted to permanent contracts. Finally,
the audit requests made by the strikers will be carried out,
They came to the fourth floor of Beauregard hospital on January 24 to
knock directly on the door of their management and demand the
resignation of their team leader. Around twenty employees of the Pamar
laundry have been on a renewable strike since January 15 after having
exercised their right of withdrawal for around twenty days.
The employees of this laundry, which washes and prepares both the linen
and the outfits of the staff of several private hospitals in Marseille,
denounce the methods of their team leader. They denounce infernal
speeds, death threats, repeated humiliations and unacceptable working
conditions. Some employees have contacted the labor inspectorate. Six
complaints were filed.
Employees at the Teisseire syrup factory in Crolles, Isère, returned to
work on January 24, after 11 days of strike. Since January 12 they have
been protesting against their management methods. The summons of one of
them to a disciplinary interview had ignited the powder. An agreement to
end the conflict was reached on January 23 between management and staff
representatives.
Transport in Ile-de-France: the CGT RATP has filed a strike notice from
February 5 to September 9. The union considers management's
announcements insufficient, in a context of inflation and preparation
for the Paris 2024 Games.
Liberal nurses demonstrated on February 10 in France. The profession has
not been increased since 2009.
The demands do not stop there. The collective of angry liberals from
Drôme-Ardèche would like the hardship to be taken into account: "...we
are not as well equipped as in hospitals and we lift patients all day
long. It will be complicated to work until 67 for most of us."
At the end of nine days of strike, the garbage collectors of Perpignan
Méditerranée Métropole decided on February 9, 2024 to suspend the
movement. Work was to resume with the promise of opening negotiations on
agent bonuses.
The majority of the 110 employees (including 100% of permanent
employees) at the Gustav-Zander clinic in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie) were on
strike on February 5 to demand a salary increase. Nearly 120 patients
were unable to receive rehabilitation. Continuity of care is ensured at
a minimum for the 60 hospitalized patients. The striking employees
gathered in front of the establishment's reception under banners
"nothing for salaries, everything for shareholders". The strikers are
demanding a 10% increase in salaries, whether they are nurses,
physiotherapists, occupational therapists, or caregivers. The director
of the Zander center assures that on salaries, there is no room for
maneuver at the local level and that negotiations are carried out at the
national level for all of the group's employees in the 300 nursing homes
and more than 100 clinics.
The local representative assures "that in the group, the establishments
are economic and social units. Each establishment has its own accounts
and its own profits. The employees want all this to be redistributed.»
Around fifty Alinéa and Zodio employees demonstrated in front of the
Alinéa store in Pontet (Vaucluse) on February 10. They are protesting
against the elimination of 64 positions and against their departure
conditions. In total, the two brands employ around a hundred people in
Vaucluse. The Mulliez group, which owns Alinéa and Zodio, is in
financial difficulties and announces a permanent closure of the Alinéa
du Pontet store. The Zodio store in Vedène will be replaced by a small
Alinéa.
Employees want to influence their departure conditions. "We want to
leave in good conditions, in conditions commensurate with the Mulliez
family group, we want guarantees on reclassification leave, on the
number of months we will be supported or even on the percentage on which
we are going to get paid.»
Eiffel Tower: monument unions have called for a renewable strike from
February 19. They denounce poor financial management by the municipality.
The Vaucluse Matin editorial team is always on deck to defend
employment. To convey this message to their shareholder, the journalists
went up to the Avignon bridge on Friday February 9 to hang a banner:
"Crédit Mutuel wants to liquidate the press, #sauvonsvauclusematin",
after the announcement of a plan to austerity aimed at reducing the
workforce by 40%, or nine positions out of 24 employees. The bank is the
sole shareholder of the Ebra group which owns Le Dauphiné Libéré and
Vaucluse Matin.
Tense situation within the logistics center of the Guadeloupe University
Hospital, between management and strikers affiliated with the UTS-UGTG.
The union behind a strike that began in early February is campaigning in
particular for the development of staff careers. The negotiations drag
on. For the strikers, the logistics center also deserves modernization
and upgrading work. The current site suffers from electricity, tiling
and water problems; or even malfunctioning equipment.
Valdunes (continued again)
According to the document sent by the potential buyer Europlasma, the
group's two sites would be taken over: Trith-Saint-Léger, in
Valenciennois and Leffrinckoucke, near Dunkirk. What was hoped... On the
other hand, only 175 employees out of around 300 would be retained.
As a reminder, Valdunes has been in receivership since its Chinese
shareholder withdrew. It is the last in France to carry out this type of
production (train wheels), thus becoming a symbol of industrial sovereignty.
Europlasma's offer is the only one to have been submitted, according to
the Ministry of the Economy, which specifies that "questions arise
around the financing of public authorities" but suggests that the State
will financially support this project. Europlasma promises 24 million
euros of investment over the next three years.
The Lille commercial court could validate this takeover offer on March 20.
To the extent that, once again, it is public money that will be
injected, why not ask the question of the socialization of this company?
A blow to Conforama employees in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche, in Isère,
between Bourgoin-Jallieu and Vienne: the furniture brand's logistics
site will close! The CEO announced it during an extraordinary CSE on
January 10. Of the 118 permanent employees, 78 will lose their jobs,
with no prospects for the moment. A job protection plan should be put in
place, no closure date has been announced. Employees expected a pooling
of resources following the takeover two years ago by the Mobiluxe group,
also owner of the But brand, but did not expect a dry and "violent" closure.
"We have mourned our jobs, now the only thing left for us to do is to
fight as best as possible, as intelligently as possible to leave as
dignified as possible, with the biggest check possible. We are not
asking for the moon, we are just asking that the Mobilux group, which
paid hundreds of millions to shareholders last week, gives us our share"
asks a trade unionist.
International
BELARUS: Women trade unionists in prison
Belarus is cited among the 10 worst countries for working women. During
the massive uprising in Belarus against Lukashenko and his regime in
2020, workers defied the dictatorship by threatening a general strike.
The regime deployed exceptional repression against civil society,
workers and their unions. Additionally, Lukashenko dragged Belarus into
war by supporting another dictator, Putin, against the Ukrainian people.
And it was the democratic workers' organization, the Belarusian Congress
of Democratic Trade Unions, which expressed the firm anti-war position
of Belarusian workers. The consequences were mass arrests and criminal
charges against union leaders and women workers in April 2022.
Furthermore, Belarus has become a country without unions since July
2022, when all democratic unions were liquidated. The dictatorship in
Belarus, where any activity is classified as extremism and terrorism, is
experiencing limitless repression against civil society. (Salidarnast -
Trans. International Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles.)
Argentina
The European member organizations of the International Trade Union
Network of Solidarity and Struggles (RSISL), meeting in Milan from
February 2 to 4, 2024, salute the struggle of the Argentine people and
the determination of the trade union organizations which are organizing
the response to Milei's reactionary government. This provides for
economic measures, responding to orders from the International Monetary
Fund: these political decisions lead to tragic consequences for the
people, for the workers of this country.
It is in this context that the government also wants to restrict the
democratic right to demonstrate. The government's initial text equates
public demonstrations with crimes. He thus authorizes the security
forces to repress any protest. It is in fact a kind of state of siege.
Remember that the president, the vice-president and ministers of the new
government have publicly denied the crimes of the military dictatorship
which raged in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 (assassinations, torture and
mass arrests, suppression of public freedoms, etc.)[excerpts]
Germany: after the end of the train strike, municipal public transport
in turn mobilized
Employees operating buses, trams and metros have been called to stop
work "in all regions except Bavaria" to demand better working conditions.
PERU: Macchu Pichu on strike!
Nearly 700 tourists were evacuated from Machu Picchu on Saturday January
27 following a strike by residents against what they denounce as the
"privatization" of the sale of entry tickets to the most visited Inca
site in the world.
This "unlimited" strike movement was launched on January 25 to denounce
a decision by the Ministry of Culture to use a private intermediary to
manage online ticket sales. A local collective says the company,
Joinnus, could benefit from up to $3.2 million per year in commissions
thanks to the new system.
Many businesses lowered their curtains on January 25 and the railway
operator Ferrocarril Transandino suspended its service to the site on
January 26 due to the demonstrations.
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companies alone generated 123.9 billion euros. Figures which are driven
by two sectors: luxury and automobiles. Hermès, LVMH, Kering and L'Oréal
alone make 29 billion euros in profits: an increase of 7%. . More than
two billion euros for Renault, 18.6 billion for Stellantis which takes
second place behind TotalEnergies. At Stellantis, the group's boss
announced that 1.9 billion euros would be redistributed to employees
around the world. (An incentive bonus of 4,100 euros in France).
For their bosses, it's okay too...
Luca De Meo, CEO for a year at the head of Renault, should receive
around 4.5 million euros for the 2022 results. And this remains well
behind the remuneration of Carlos Tavares because the boss of Stellantis
could receive up to 'to 23.5 million euros. As for the general
remuneration of CAC 40 bosses, they have increased twice as fast as
those of their employees.
The European directive on platform workers definitively blocked by the
Macron government.
Friday February 16, during the Committee of Permanent Representatives of
the Council of the European Union (EU), the governments of Germany,
Greece and Estonia abstained from voting. France, for its part, declared
that it was "not able to support the text", which amounts to abstention.
These four states forming a blocking minority according to community
rules, the text could not be voted on.
This version of the presumption of employment should allow workers who
so wish to obtain the status of employees and the related rights (paid
leave, compensated sick leave, unemployment), provided they prove the
link of subordination with the platform. form that uses them. Out of 28
million workers affected in 2022 (a figure which could reach 43 million
in 2025), Brussels estimates the number of "false" self-employed people
to be 5.5 million.
Furthermore, employees[1]are mobilizing in many sectors
At EDF, the agents strongly mobilized following the call of the
inter-union which called for a strike for wages on January 30,
At Public Finance, a campaign on remuneration is underway and a new
mobilization took place on January 29 with rallies throughout France
In Education, strike on February 1 for wages, working conditions,
employment and school. The strong mobilization was continued on February 6.
On February 6, there was also a mobilization on salaries in the PIC
(parcel distribution) of the Post Office,
In the branch of service providers (call centers, hosts and hostesses,
etc.), after the success of the mobilization of January 23, a new day of
strike will take place on March 13,
In the civil service strike on March 19, day of mobilization at the call
of the public service inter-union.
The feminist strike on March 8 will focus on these questions: 70% of
people using food aid are women.
When will these struggles be unified, for an indexation of wages to
inflation and an increase of EUR400 for all? And additional increases,
for the lowest salaries...
Note
1. This part of this section is deliberately feminized. A way of
reminding us that the feminist strike of March 8 concerns everyone.
France
France's main ports affected by dockers' strike against pension reform
The ports of Marseille-Fos, Le Havre as well as Rouen and even Lorient
and Brest were affected by the movement. The dockworkers mobilized at
the call of the CGT are protesting against the reform which postpones
their retirement for two years, believing that it does not sufficiently
take into account the arduousness of their work.
SNCF: Agents of the commercial train service (ASCT), the name given to
controllers by the SNCF, will be on strike throughout the weekend of
February 16 at the call of the National Collective of ASCT and the SUD
and CGT unions.
At the heart of the conflict, the non-compliance with the memorandum of
understanding signed by the four representative unions of the SNCF (CGT,
UNSA, SUD, CFDT), the day after the Christmas 2022 strike - followed by
more than one agent on two. The protocol provided, among other things,
for the recognition of arduousness, which should result in the
establishment of a gradual cessation of activity allowing people to
retire a little earlier, from 2023. However, this measure is still
waiting. As well as the commitment to the presence of two controllers
per TGV. In addition to these two central demands, the controllers, who
feel like they have been fooled, are demanding salary measures to deal
with inflation. The salaries of controllers at the start of their career
do not exceed 1700 to 1800 euros net. (Balance of power)
Two months after the start of their strike, which began at the end of
November, around forty firefighters from Reims demonstrated on the
morning of February 9 in front of Reims town hall, where they had a
meeting with the mayor. They denounce a decline in their quality of life
at work: more and more interventions are being requested from
firefighters, which could be the responsibility of the SAMU or even the
police.
On February 5, the Port firefighters (Reunion Island) walked off the
job, initiating a protest movement against the lack of resources they
experience in the exercise of their duties in the department.
A memorandum of understanding has been found. The strike therefore only
lasted a few hours.
But the anger of the Port firefighters also concerns the lack of
resources, more precisely of intervention vehicles, which impacts their
work every day. Several of their interventions had to be put on hold due
to a lack of VSAV (rescue and assistance vehicle for victims).
The strike movement, started on January 9, 2024 by employees of SEMOP
Agglo'bus (the only urban transport network in Guyana - see previous CA)
ended on January 19. Among the demands obtained, fixed-term contracts of
more than 12 months will be converted to permanent contracts. Finally,
the audit requests made by the strikers will be carried out,
They came to the fourth floor of Beauregard hospital on January 24 to
knock directly on the door of their management and demand the
resignation of their team leader. Around twenty employees of the Pamar
laundry have been on a renewable strike since January 15 after having
exercised their right of withdrawal for around twenty days.
The employees of this laundry, which washes and prepares both the linen
and the outfits of the staff of several private hospitals in Marseille,
denounce the methods of their team leader. They denounce infernal
speeds, death threats, repeated humiliations and unacceptable working
conditions. Some employees have contacted the labor inspectorate. Six
complaints were filed.
Employees at the Teisseire syrup factory in Crolles, Isère, returned to
work on January 24, after 11 days of strike. Since January 12 they have
been protesting against their management methods. The summons of one of
them to a disciplinary interview had ignited the powder. An agreement to
end the conflict was reached on January 23 between management and staff
representatives.
Transport in Ile-de-France: the CGT RATP has filed a strike notice from
February 5 to September 9. The union considers management's
announcements insufficient, in a context of inflation and preparation
for the Paris 2024 Games.
Liberal nurses demonstrated on February 10 in France. The profession has
not been increased since 2009.
The demands do not stop there. The collective of angry liberals from
Drôme-Ardèche would like the hardship to be taken into account: "...we
are not as well equipped as in hospitals and we lift patients all day
long. It will be complicated to work until 67 for most of us."
At the end of nine days of strike, the garbage collectors of Perpignan
Méditerranée Métropole decided on February 9, 2024 to suspend the
movement. Work was to resume with the promise of opening negotiations on
agent bonuses.
The majority of the 110 employees (including 100% of permanent
employees) at the Gustav-Zander clinic in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie) were on
strike on February 5 to demand a salary increase. Nearly 120 patients
were unable to receive rehabilitation. Continuity of care is ensured at
a minimum for the 60 hospitalized patients. The striking employees
gathered in front of the establishment's reception under banners
"nothing for salaries, everything for shareholders". The strikers are
demanding a 10% increase in salaries, whether they are nurses,
physiotherapists, occupational therapists, or caregivers. The director
of the Zander center assures that on salaries, there is no room for
maneuver at the local level and that negotiations are carried out at the
national level for all of the group's employees in the 300 nursing homes
and more than 100 clinics.
The local representative assures "that in the group, the establishments
are economic and social units. Each establishment has its own accounts
and its own profits. The employees want all this to be redistributed.»
Around fifty Alinéa and Zodio employees demonstrated in front of the
Alinéa store in Pontet (Vaucluse) on February 10. They are protesting
against the elimination of 64 positions and against their departure
conditions. In total, the two brands employ around a hundred people in
Vaucluse. The Mulliez group, which owns Alinéa and Zodio, is in
financial difficulties and announces a permanent closure of the Alinéa
du Pontet store. The Zodio store in Vedène will be replaced by a small
Alinéa.
Employees want to influence their departure conditions. "We want to
leave in good conditions, in conditions commensurate with the Mulliez
family group, we want guarantees on reclassification leave, on the
number of months we will be supported or even on the percentage on which
we are going to get paid.»
Eiffel Tower: monument unions have called for a renewable strike from
February 19. They denounce poor financial management by the municipality.
The Vaucluse Matin editorial team is always on deck to defend
employment. To convey this message to their shareholder, the journalists
went up to the Avignon bridge on Friday February 9 to hang a banner:
"Crédit Mutuel wants to liquidate the press, #sauvonsvauclusematin",
after the announcement of a plan to austerity aimed at reducing the
workforce by 40%, or nine positions out of 24 employees. The bank is the
sole shareholder of the Ebra group which owns Le Dauphiné Libéré and
Vaucluse Matin.
Tense situation within the logistics center of the Guadeloupe University
Hospital, between management and strikers affiliated with the UTS-UGTG.
The union behind a strike that began in early February is campaigning in
particular for the development of staff careers. The negotiations drag
on. For the strikers, the logistics center also deserves modernization
and upgrading work. The current site suffers from electricity, tiling
and water problems; or even malfunctioning equipment.
Valdunes (continued again)
According to the document sent by the potential buyer Europlasma, the
group's two sites would be taken over: Trith-Saint-Léger, in
Valenciennois and Leffrinckoucke, near Dunkirk. What was hoped... On the
other hand, only 175 employees out of around 300 would be retained.
As a reminder, Valdunes has been in receivership since its Chinese
shareholder withdrew. It is the last in France to carry out this type of
production (train wheels), thus becoming a symbol of industrial sovereignty.
Europlasma's offer is the only one to have been submitted, according to
the Ministry of the Economy, which specifies that "questions arise
around the financing of public authorities" but suggests that the State
will financially support this project. Europlasma promises 24 million
euros of investment over the next three years.
The Lille commercial court could validate this takeover offer on March 20.
To the extent that, once again, it is public money that will be
injected, why not ask the question of the socialization of this company?
A blow to Conforama employees in Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche, in Isère,
between Bourgoin-Jallieu and Vienne: the furniture brand's logistics
site will close! The CEO announced it during an extraordinary CSE on
January 10. Of the 118 permanent employees, 78 will lose their jobs,
with no prospects for the moment. A job protection plan should be put in
place, no closure date has been announced. Employees expected a pooling
of resources following the takeover two years ago by the Mobiluxe group,
also owner of the But brand, but did not expect a dry and "violent" closure.
"We have mourned our jobs, now the only thing left for us to do is to
fight as best as possible, as intelligently as possible to leave as
dignified as possible, with the biggest check possible. We are not
asking for the moon, we are just asking that the Mobilux group, which
paid hundreds of millions to shareholders last week, gives us our share"
asks a trade unionist.
International
BELARUS: Women trade unionists in prison
Belarus is cited among the 10 worst countries for working women. During
the massive uprising in Belarus against Lukashenko and his regime in
2020, workers defied the dictatorship by threatening a general strike.
The regime deployed exceptional repression against civil society,
workers and their unions. Additionally, Lukashenko dragged Belarus into
war by supporting another dictator, Putin, against the Ukrainian people.
And it was the democratic workers' organization, the Belarusian Congress
of Democratic Trade Unions, which expressed the firm anti-war position
of Belarusian workers. The consequences were mass arrests and criminal
charges against union leaders and women workers in April 2022.
Furthermore, Belarus has become a country without unions since July
2022, when all democratic unions were liquidated. The dictatorship in
Belarus, where any activity is classified as extremism and terrorism, is
experiencing limitless repression against civil society. (Salidarnast -
Trans. International Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles.)
Argentina
The European member organizations of the International Trade Union
Network of Solidarity and Struggles (RSISL), meeting in Milan from
February 2 to 4, 2024, salute the struggle of the Argentine people and
the determination of the trade union organizations which are organizing
the response to Milei's reactionary government. This provides for
economic measures, responding to orders from the International Monetary
Fund: these political decisions lead to tragic consequences for the
people, for the workers of this country.
It is in this context that the government also wants to restrict the
democratic right to demonstrate. The government's initial text equates
public demonstrations with crimes. He thus authorizes the security
forces to repress any protest. It is in fact a kind of state of siege.
Remember that the president, the vice-president and ministers of the new
government have publicly denied the crimes of the military dictatorship
which raged in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 (assassinations, torture and
mass arrests, suppression of public freedoms, etc.)[excerpts]
Germany: after the end of the train strike, municipal public transport
in turn mobilized
Employees operating buses, trams and metros have been called to stop
work "in all regions except Bavaria" to demand better working conditions.
PERU: Macchu Pichu on strike!
Nearly 700 tourists were evacuated from Machu Picchu on Saturday January
27 following a strike by residents against what they denounce as the
"privatization" of the sale of entry tickets to the most visited Inca
site in the world.
This "unlimited" strike movement was launched on January 25 to denounce
a decision by the Ministry of Culture to use a private intermediary to
manage online ticket sales. A local collective says the company,
Joinnus, could benefit from up to $3.2 million per year in commissions
thanks to the new system.
Many businesses lowered their curtains on January 25 and the railway
operator Ferrocarril Transandino suspended its service to the site on
January 26 due to the demonstrations.
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