CaribbeanBusinessPR.com: UPR idled for full week due to general strike
he University of Puerto Rico system will be shuttered all week due to the planned general strike by island labor unions scheduled for Thursday to protest the dismissal of more than 16,000 government workers.
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Green Left: France: General strike shakes government
21 March 2009
On March 19, record numbers of people took to the streets as part of a general strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s anti-worker economic policies, a British Guardian article said the following day.
The demonstrations, involving more than 3 million people, followed a general strike called by the union movement on January 29, which involved 2.4 million workers.
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Press Association: France hit by national strike
More than a million people have marched in cities and towns across France to back calls for President Nicolas Sarkozy to do more to alleviate the economic crisis.
Police estimated that 1.2m supported the action, with nearly 100,000 marching through Paris, while trade union organisers claimed up to three million attended 200 rallies nationwide.
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Green Left: Guadeloupe: General strike scores victory, spreads to other colonies
The general strike in the French Caribbean colony of Guadeloupe, which began on January 20, ended March 4, when an accord was signed between the Collective Against Super-Exploitation (LKP) strike collective and the local governments, the employers’ federation and the French government.
The agreement granted the strikers their top 20 immediate demands and provided for continued negotiations on the remaining 126 mid-term and long-term demands. The LKP is a coalition of 49 unions and grassroots organisations.
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