Protesters were congregating in the Greek capital's Syntagma Square early Wednesday to blockade the parliament building in an attempt to prevent access by lawmakers.Hundreds of police dressed in riot gear were lining up around the building and had blocked off roads ahead of what was expected to be another day of chaotic protests.
According to the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the civil servants' umbrella federation Adedy, the 48-hour strike is an escalation of their recent industrial action comprising 24-hour nationwide strikes in protest of the medium-term programme.
A main demonstration will be held on Tuesday, June 28, at the Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens at 11am, while on Wednesday another demonstration will be held in downtown Klafthmonos Square.
The increase is unwarranted, particularly because international prices of oil had shown a declining trend in recent weeks. This is indeed a post-election gift to people from the UPA government,
The strike at Maruti Suzuki India's plant is threatening to spread to the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, with a panel of workers of various firms in the region warning that a similar stir could hit others unless demands of their agitating colleagues' at India's largest carmaker are met.Over 1,000 workers from different companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt have gathered at the gate of Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) plant to stage a 'satyagraha' in support of the ongoing strike.
They are backing the demand for reinstatement of the 11 sacked employees of MSI and also recognise the newly formed union at MSI's plant here.
Also read "If the issues are not resolved immediately, then a similar strike can happen in other factories in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt," AITUC Gurgaon District Secretary Harjeet Grover, who is also the General Secretary of HMSI Employees Union said.
The land acquisition process by the Orissa government for the Posco project in the Dhinkia gram panchayat of Jagatsinghpur district did not make any headway on Saturday following resistance by members of a five-party delegation and villagers.The gram panchayat remained a hostile region for the district administration that had in the past fortnight stepped up the land acquisition process for the steel plant.
With children and women at the forefront, villagers blocked the land acquisition teams for the second consecutive day, though the administration declared their assembly unlawful.
For five hours on Friday, women and children braved the oppressive sun and did not let the teams backed by scores of police personnel to enter the village.
Hundreds of young Spaniards camped out in Madrid and other cities on Saturday to protest against high unemployment and austerity, defying a ban on demonstrations in the run up to local elections.
The number of protesters, dubbed “los indignados” (the indignant), was expected to swell by the evening, after 25,000 people crammed into Madrid’s main plaza on Friday night.Protesters were also gathered in Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao and other cities, as they have been all week, urging people not to vote for Spain’s two main parties, the ruling Socialists or the center-right opposition Popular Party in Sunday’s local elections.
Taking on the government, civil rights activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday went on a day-long fast at Rajghat, declaring that his agitation against corruption was the “second freedom struggle” and threatened another hunger strike from August 16 if Lokpal Bill is not passed by then.
He accused the government of putting “hurdles” in the drafting of Lokpal Bill and trying to defame the civil society members of the joint panel, such as Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Santosh Hegde and Arvind Kejriwal through a “discreet” campaign.
Mr. Hazare, joined by his associates and a few thousand supporters, went on the hunger strike to protest the police crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s supporters during their agitation against corruption here on Saturday night, which he termed as a “blot on humanity” and attempt to “stifle democracy“.
After paying floral tributes at Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi, he reached the protest site at around to a rousing welcome from supporters who assembled there amid heavy police presence.
