Comments on: French colonialists jail New Caledonian trade unionists http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/06/30/french-colonialists-jail-new-caledonian-trade-unionists/ My diary on peace and wars, arts, sciences, politics, the fight for economic and social justice, the environment, and more. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Administrator http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/06/30/french-colonialists-jail-new-caledonian-trade-unionists/#comment-7831 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:12:00 +0100 http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2009/06/30/french-colonialists-jail-new-caledonian-trade-unionists/#comment-7831 Petition: Appeal for the immediate release of USTKE trade unionists in Kanaky August 12, 2009 -- On August 6, a general strike in Kanaky (or the French overseas territory of New Caledonia) was called off after an accord between the trade union confederation USTKE (Federation of Unions of Kanak Workers and the Exploited) and Air Caledonia was finally signed by the airline. The signing of the accord, which had been negotiated on June 11, put an end to 10 days of demonstrations, roadblocks and violent confrontations with police, motivated as much by a desire for independence and decolonisation, as by the issue of industrial justice. * Read more http://links.org.au/node/1199 Petition: Appeal for the immediate release of USTKE trade unionists
in Kanaky

August 12, 2009 — On August 6, a general strike in Kanaky (or the
French overseas territory of New Caledonia) was called off after an
accord between the trade union confederation USTKE (Federation of Unions
of Kanak Workers and the Exploited) and Air Caledonia was finally signed
by the airline. The signing of the accord, which had been negotiated on
June 11, put an end to 10 days of demonstrations, roadblocks and violent
confrontations with police, motivated as much by a desire for
independence and decolonisation, as by the issue of industrial justice.

* Read more http://links.org.au/node/1199

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