Strike in the Khabarovsk Territory
At the beginning of March 2019, the protest action of the collective of the Novy Les enterprise, located in the village of Vanino, continued. Hundreds of workers of the timber processing complex did not take up their duties. The main reason for the strike is the delay in the payment of wages for two months. During the strike, the workers demanded repayment of all debts to them.
“People are reduced, forced to quit. We have nothing to feed the children, pay for the apartment, for the kindergarten, utilities,” said an employee of the company on behalf of the whole team.
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Protest in Dagestan
On March 1, in the village of Shamkhal (a suburb of Makhachkala), over 200 route taxi drivers went on strike and organized a rally.
During the strike, they opposed the increase in the cost of fares.
On the same day, the residents of the village also joined the rally of drivers - they are opposed to increasing the fare to Makhachkala from 28 to 33 rubles.
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In Orenburg, the townspeople demanded a revision of the "garbage reform"
On March 2, a protest action took place in the city. At the rally against the "garbage reform" came a few hundred citizens, among whom were workers, retirees, intellectuals, housewives, the unemployed.
According to the speakers, the change in tariffs for the disposal of household waste is another attempt to get into the pocket of the workers. The “risen in price” garbage is on a par with contributions for capital repairs, raising the retirement age and canceling a single monetary compensation.
One of the main requirements of the protesters were the revision and reduction of established tariffs. It was included in the final resolution.
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In Kurgan, a protest against the new attack on the rights of workers
On March 2, a meeting of citizens dissatisfied with the policies of Putin, the government and the State Duma was held in the regional center. On the square in front of the cinema "Russia" came hundreds of Kurgan.
Speakers with genuine indignation opposed the law on raising the retirement age, increasing taxes, increasing food prices and utility tariffs. The problems with sickness for Zauralye region were not ignored - uranium mining and solid waste, the state of health care and education, the provision of medicines and medications, the situation of children of war, and corruption in government. And all this in the conditions of countless promises of those in power to restore order.
At the end of the rally, the participants unanimously supported the resolution demanding the dissolution of the State Duma, the resignation of the government and the president.
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Abroad
Spanish workers protest
On the night of March 8 in Madrid, women went to a traditional rally. Many participants in this action, held in Puerta del Sol, loudly knocked on pots and pans. They were wearing purple (dark red) clothes or carrying purple bags. This color in some countries is a symbol of the international struggle for women's rights.
This traditional rally is in the country one of the means of fighting for equality with men. In Spain, this issue is very acute, since since the dictatorship of Hitler’s ally Franco, the pro-fascist forces have a great influence in the country. The social interests of women are regularly ignored and impaired in all areas of society.
Residents of Spain in recent years, especially fear for their future, since one of the right-wing parties has a good chance of winning the parliamentary elections.
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In France, fresh demonstration by the "Yellow vests"
On Saturday, March 2, a total of 84 thousand people participated in protests organized in many cities of the country, according to understated police data. The largest demonstration with 10 thousand participants was held in Toulouse.
In Paris in the morning several thousand "Yellow vests" gathered near the Arc de Triomphe. They then traveled 12 kilometers across the city in protest against President Macron’s policies.
This Saturday was already the 16th in a continuous series of rallies and demonstrations organized by Yellow Vests.
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Workers strike in the USA
In early March, employees of the locomotive plant, located in the state of Pennsylvania, announced a strike. It has become the largest production halt in the United States over the past three years.
The strike began after the Association of electrical workers and engineering enterprises of America could not agree with the new owners of the plant to extend the collective agreement.
Union members opposed the capitalists' initiative to introduce mandatory overtime hours for workers, replace 20 percent of staff with temporary employees, lower salaries for young factory workers.
The strikers fear that “reforms” may lead to a split in production, especially between the old and young generations, whose average salaries will vary by 38 percent.
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Protest against pension reform unfolding in Brazil
At the beginning of March, more than 10 thousand people took part in the anti-government march in the center of the city of São Paulo. Their main requirement was to cancel the decision of the authorities to raise the retirement age to 65 years for men and 62 years for women.
In addition, the demonstrators opposed plans aimed at limiting the right to receive benefits, as well as to reduce payments.
The authorities want to abolish the state system of universal pensions in the country. Instead, they intend to gradually move to the “individual capitalization model,” in which the amount of each employee’s pension will depend on how much he can save during his entire working life.
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