brief union 7 the 18 mars
– The 8 mars, an evening event took place at Montreal as part of the International Day of the rights and struggles of women. this celebration, celebrated for over a hundred years, was born of revolutionary activist Clara Zetkin, friend of Rosa Luxemburg. At the beginning, that day claimed the women's suffrage, the right to work and an end to discrimination at work, all, a goal to get more control over the conditions of existence. The struggle continues.
– In Ottawa, the 11 mars, restaurant servers Union Local 613 decided to dress up in high heels and short skirts in solidarity with their female colleagues denouncing dress too often required by employers, encouraging held stereotypes. Many have complained of foot pain that high heels cause, thing the waitresses must endure when the boss has a dress code encourages stereotypes.
Coverage by Carlos Cortez.
– The 11 mars, a manifestation of the community took place in Montreal. Given the cuts that the government imposes on various sectors, of the IWW of workers, but also of the Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE) were present in solidarity.
– At UdeM, a former vice-president who received 252 997$ in severance creates anger among the university community. John regrets that among the Portuguese 1300 Professor-e-s University that could hold this position, it is a civil servant who was chosen, what the teacher union-e-s had also opposed. Furthermore, the professor-e-s no longer entitled to a severance payment from 10 years.
– A FRAPRU the event was held on 17 mars, in the affluent neighborhood of Westmount. This area was chosen to highlight the wealth that exists in Quebec, indeed, the average neighborhood income is there 195 000 $ per year, in 2011, in addition to hosting the most expensive house on the island of Montreal 2013, then evaluated 18,7 millions $.
– The big-leaf doors, around twenty, who hid more 130 million in shell companies the tax haven Isle of Man will have no penalties or charges, we learned the 8 mars. Since that time 2013, the accounting firm KPMG has received an order from the Federal Court forcing them to hand over the list of other clients, but it seems when both wholesale portfolios, that they will be above the law. "The Agency's income seems to say to Canadians: if you are well off, you are given a second chance, but if you're not, you're stuck. » – Duane Milot, tax lawyer 1.
– The 15 mars, SITT the IWW-organized union BBQ in Lafontaine Park whence the traditional demonstration against police brutality organized by COBP (Collective Opposed to Police Brutality. The BBQ has gathered a hundred people, soon joined by hundreds of others for the event, which began at 20:00. kind of protests were held everywhere across the globe, in Canada, in Germany, in Brussels, and several other places. a day before, be the 14 mars, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture in France filed a report from a change in the approach of the police in his desire to '' maintain order ''. Indeed, include increased use of so-called alternative weapons as causing more serious injuries or, dead. The report also highlights from "Serious shortcomings in the administrative and judicial investigations carried out following complaints of police violence" 2. These are issues often raised across America, particularly by organizations such as COBP.
– In France, the continued mobilization against the Labor Law. Several schools are blocked by the student-e-s and events, which have joined unions, were held-e-s everywhere in France 17 mars. Demonstrations are less great than during rallies 9 mars, where it was gathered hundreds of thousands of protesters across France. It must be said that AG at a university in Paris, Tolbiac, could not take place of the CRS 'intervention (Republican Security Company) the 18 mars. The event is added to the repression experienced by protests movements since the adoption of laws concerning the Emergency State adopted last November.
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