Argentina. RR Donnelley: workers occupied the factory to put it into production against the illegal closure of the multinational company’s factory
Press conference at the Plant at 11 a.m. (local time) (Garín district, Buenos Aires, 12/8/14). Trade union delegate Jorge Medina said: “after closing its plant in the Garín district of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in a totally illegal fashion, leaving more than 400 families on the street, and that the Ministry of Labour confirmed that […]
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August 12, 2014Argentina. RR Donnelley: demonstration and road-block against the illegal closure of the multinational company’s factory in Buenos Aires Province
RR Donnelley: demonstration and road-block against the illegal closure of the multinational company’s factory in Buenos Aires Province The shop stewards’ committee and workers at R.R. Donnelley have denounced the American multinational printing company – a leading player in the sector with printing operations in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Canada – for closing its […]
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August 12, 2014Argentina: Victoria Moyano Artigas, daughter of the disappeared, violently arrested
After twelve court rulings in favor of the Lear workers shop floor stewards, the Ministry of Labor announced that it would enforce the courts´ (many times confirmed) decision that compels the bosses to reinstate the shop floor stewards (union delegates). However, the multinational corporation responds to every conquest of the workers with a new attack. […]
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August 8, 2014A Truce and an Israeli Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
A Truce and an Israeli Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip “Mission accomplished,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after announcing the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip. It was almost 30 days of a military offensive that left a toll of 1900 dead, more than half, civilians, among whom are numbered more than […]
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August 7, 2014Police deployed in Panamericana highway as picket halts traffic
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/166348/police-deployed-in-panamericana-highway-as-picket-halts-traffic-
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August 5, 2014Have Arabs and Jews always been enemies?
Have Arabs and Jews always been enemies? The title refers to a common belief used to justify the eternal conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and the current offensive in Gaza. But that supposed ontology of hatred is false. Arabs and Jews lived together for centuries under Moorish control of Andaluz in the Spanish empire. After […]
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August 4, 2014Stop the Zionist invasion We must support the Palestinian resistance
Stop the Zionist invasion We must support the Palestinian resistance The Gaza Strip has been devastated. After 23 days of massive bombings and of the bloodthirsty attack by land, there are more than 1,300 Palestinians dead, 75% of whom are civilians, among them, some 250 children. The wounded exceed 7,000 and the hospitals lack the […]
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August 1, 2014Lear Video in Panamericana Highway shows how a Gendarmerie Chief attacks workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjoePRBjtxQ
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August 1, 2014The international legitimation of the massacre in Palestine
The new bombardment of a center of the United Nations in Gaza, that ended the lives of 20 Palestinians (6 of them children) on Tuesday night, took the number of dead in the Gaza Strip above 1,300. This is the sixth attack perpetrated by the Israeli army on a building under the administration of the […]
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July 31, 2014Lear: SMATA union thugs and police beat up the workers
(Gral. Pacheco, 7/29) Today at 8:30 AM the police beat up LEAR Corporation’s workers, who are fighting against 200 layoffs and dismissals. They also face the company’s illegal policy of not allowing the delegates entering the factory, even though the court ordered five times already the workers’ representative should be reinstated. The Buenos Aires Police […]
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July 29, 2014