NewsWhore
10-01-2007, 04:40 PM
According to all of today's newspapers, the 24-hour general strike called for tomorrow by the Alternative Social Forum is on, unless the government adopts some of the measures demanded by the Forum. Yesterday, several business organizations and Bishop Jesus Maria de Jesus Moya from San Francisco de Macoris joined in a rejection of the protest. Strike promoters protested against the arrests of Forum members in Moca, Villa Altagracia and Navarrete, and promised that the strike would be a peaceful protest. Transport union leader Juan Hubieres, the president of Fenatrano, has said that his organization, while not one of the strike organizers, would, as members of the Forum, support the decision to strike. Another transport union, COSATRAN, said that their 50,000 members would also suport the strike leaders.
The strike primarily affects the availability of public transport, and thus makes difficult for workers to get to and from work. The strike is not felt in the major tourism sectors, where transport operates as usual.
Several civic and business organizations staged a successful walk against corruption on Saturday. Supporters walked from Plaza de Espana through Calle El Conde to Independence Park. Dominicanos por la Integridad, Red Dominicana Anticorrupcion, Participacion Ciudadana, Fundacion Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS), Consejo de Organizaciones de la Region Oriental (CORO), Asociacion Nacional de Jovenes Empresarios (ANJE), Coalicion por la Transparencia y la Institucionalidad (CTI), Centro Juan XXIII participated in this activity. None of these organizations, though, supports the nationwide strike called for Tuesday.
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The strike primarily affects the availability of public transport, and thus makes difficult for workers to get to and from work. The strike is not felt in the major tourism sectors, where transport operates as usual.
Several civic and business organizations staged a successful walk against corruption on Saturday. Supporters walked from Plaza de Espana through Calle El Conde to Independence Park. Dominicanos por la Integridad, Red Dominicana Anticorrupcion, Participacion Ciudadana, Fundacion Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS), Consejo de Organizaciones de la Region Oriental (CORO), Asociacion Nacional de Jovenes Empresarios (ANJE), Coalicion por la Transparencia y la Institucionalidad (CTI), Centro Juan XXIII participated in this activity. None of these organizations, though, supports the nationwide strike called for Tuesday.
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