Civil Servants at Strike in BrasÃ*lia

[Luís Henrique]

General assembly that declared the strike (18/6):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0318300001339777328_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Demo marching to the presidential palace (21/06):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0159301001340376274_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Demo marching to Planning Ministery (26/06):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0724959001340806468_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Civil servants occupy the Health Ministery (29/06):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0583873001341238555_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Assembly at the Planning Ministery decides to adhere to the strike (02/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0616318001341237453_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Assembly reafirms the strike (06/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0452263001341845098_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Picket line, Planning Ministery (06/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0073809001341844756_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Burning order to suspend wages (12/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0565436001342203610_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Picket line, Planning Ministery (12/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0848168001342189626_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

National demo, with strikers from the states (18/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0796456001342709127_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Assembly reafirms the strike (19/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0759090001342795182_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Demo takes the presidential security by surprise and gets to the sidewalk along the presidential palace; negotiation with the Secretary-general of the Presidency (24/07):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0231657001343185920_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

CUT's "General Assembly of the Working Class" in support of our strike (25/07)
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0687272001343314611_thumb_mediatexto.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Lisboa]

Do you have bigger images?

[Luís Henrique]

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General assembly that declared the strike (18/6):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0318300001339777328_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Demo of June 21:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0159301001340376274_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Demo of June 26:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0724959001340806468_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Occupation of the Health Ministery, June 29:

http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0583873001341238555_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Assembly in which Planning Ministery workers decided to adhere to strike (28/06):
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0616318001341237453_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Assembly of July 6th decides the strike continues:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0452263001341845098_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Picket line, Planning Ministery, July 6th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0073809001341844756_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Demo with burning of the executive order to suspend wages/meeting with government officials trying to negotiate the issue, July 12:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0565436001342203610_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Picket line, Planning Ministery, July 12:

http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0038552001342190031_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

National demo, with strikers from the states, July 18th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0807579001342709139_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Assembly decides to continue the strike, July 19th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0759090001342795182_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Demo takes the presidential security by surprise and gets to the sidewalk along the presidential palace; negotiation with the Secretary-general of the Presidency, July 24th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0231657001343185920_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

CUT's "General Assembly of the Working Class" in support of our strike, July 25th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0687272001343314611_thumb_visualizar.jpg

Luís Henrique

[Luís Henrique]

Picket line, FUNAI, July 26th:
http://www.sindsep-df.com.br/upload/fotos/0997423001343400137_thumb_visualizar.jpg

FUNAI is the Brazilian indigenist service.

Luís Henrique

[Leo]

So how big is this strike? Any declarations or announcements from the assemblies?

[maskerade]

What is the reason for the strike? suspended wages?

[Le Socialiste]

It seems federal police and other public sectors have joined the walkout:


Tensions between the government of Workers Party President Dilma Rousseff and hundreds of thousands of striking federal workers deepened as federal police and other sectors of the public workforce joined the walkout.

The police strike has spread to all 26 states in Brazil as well as the federal district in Brasilia. While police unions have left 30 percent of their members on the job to deal with emergencies, in a number of sectors they have launched work-to-rule actions, leading to increasing delays at the country’s ports, airports, borders, highways and railroads.

The strike has developed into the biggest action by any section of the Brazilian working class since the coming to power of the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) with the inauguration of the former metalworkers leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president in 2003. Some 350,000 workers, nearly half of them employed by the country’s federally run universities, are participating in the strike, impeding operations at 27 separate federal agencies.

Workers at Brazil’s Central Bank staged their first walkout in five years Wednesday to press their demand for a 23 percent pay rise to compensate for inflation since 2008. The bank workers’ union restricted the action to a one-day strike but indicated that it could call a longer strike later this month.

The past two days have seen scattered clashes between strikers and members of the Military Police (Policia Militar -- PM), including some that saw the PM using clubs and pepper spray against civilian police, as they tried to march on government ministries and Planalto, the presidential palace.

Police also demonstrated at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport, the largest in Latin America, where those still on the job have vowed to conduct a work-to-rule, translating into long delays for passengers seeking to enter or leave the country. Similar actions at the Triple Frontier area have led to severe backups for those seeking to enter from or go into Argentina and Paraguay.

Mass demonstrations of federal workers and their supporters have paralyzed traffic in the country’s main cities, shutting down the central Avenida Rio Branco in Rio de Janeiro with a march on Thursday. Workers have said that they will maintain a permanent occupation of Cinelândia, the main public square in Rio’s center.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/braz-a10.shtml

Edit - Oops, I double posted. Could somebody delete the extra post?

[Le Socialiste]

It seems federal police and other public sectors have joined the walkout:


Tensions between the government of Workers Party President Dilma Rousseff and hundreds of thousands of striking federal workers deepened as federal police and other sectors of the public workforce joined the walkout.

The police strike has spread to all 26 states in Brazil as well as the federal district in Brasilia. While police unions have left 30 percent of their members on the job to deal with emergencies, in a number of sectors they have launched work-to-rule actions, leading to increasing delays at the country’s ports, airports, borders, highways and railroads.
The strike has developed into the biggest action by any section of the Brazilian working class since the coming to power of the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) with the inauguration of the former metalworkers leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president in 2003. Some 350,000 workers, nearly half of them employed by the country’s federally run universities, are participating in the strike, impeding operations at 27 separate federal agencies.

Workers at Brazil’s Central Bank staged their first walkout in five years Wednesday to press their demand for a 23 percent pay rise to compensate for inflation since 2008. The bank workers’ union restricted the action to a one-day strike but indicated that it could call a longer strike later this month.

The past two days have seen scattered clashes between strikers and members of the Military Police (Policia Militar -- PM), including some that saw the PM using clubs and pepper spray against civilian police, as they tried to march on government ministries and Planalto, the presidential palace.

Police also demonstrated at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport, the largest in Latin America, where those still on the job have vowed to conduct a work-to-rule, translating into long delays for passengers seeking to enter or leave the country. Similar actions at the Triple Frontier area have led to severe backups for those seeking to enter from or go into Argentina and Paraguay.

Mass demonstrations of federal workers and their supporters have paralyzed traffic in the country’s main cities, shutting down the central Avenida Rio Branco in Rio de Janeiro with a march on Thursday. Workers have said that they will maintain a permanent occupation of Cinelândia, the main public square in Rio’s center.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/braz-a10.shtml