Posted at 23:25 on 27 May, 2008 UTC
New Caledonia’s mainly Kanak USTKE union has called for a general strike to coincide with Thursday’s arrival in Noumea of the French junior minister in charge of overseas territories, Yves Jego.
The USTKE leader, Gerard Jodar, says the action is in protest at the French state’s policy of sending security forces to back employers in industrial disputes.
Mr Jodar says the union wants Mr Jego to understand that the government should no longer be at the service of employers and revert to a healthier use of the police.
Last month, a New Caledonian court sentenced 23 USTKE members, including Mr Jodar, to jail terms of up to a year over last January’s clashes with police in Noumea.
Mr Jodar, who is appealing his six-month jail term, was sentenced for directing striking workers during a prolonged fight near a bus depot at the centre of a strike.
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http://www.ustke.org/Thursday May 01, 2008
Plus de 3000 manifestants pour la Marche du 1er Mai More than 3,000 demonstrators to the march of 1 May
Aux côtés des nombreux militants et manifestants de l’USTKE, quelques responsables politiques indépendantistes, le directoire du Parti Travailliste, les représentants des organisations environnementales, les responsables de Rhèbùù Nùù, le Comité de défense des prisonniers de Saint-Louis, les représentants du CNDPA en Kanaky, quelques représentants du Comité 150 ans, le collectif de soutien « Agir contre l’arbitraire et les discriminations », le Comité de soutien de Sidji Chimenti composé d‘étudiants, les grévistes de Ponérihouen Ambulance, les camarades grévistes de Carsud, les grévistes de CFP, les camarades grévistes de Fabicale et les nombreuses personnes qui soutiennent l’organisation syndicale depuis sa création, ils ont chacun à leur manière répondu à l’appel à la mobilisation générale pour la fête des travailleurs. Alongside the many activists and demonstrators of the USTKE, some politicians independence, the Executive Labour Party, representatives of environmental organizations, officials Rhèbùù Nùù, the Committee for the Defence of Prisoners of Saint-Louis, representatives of CNDPA in Kanaky, a few representatives of the 150 years, the collective support "Acting against arbitrariness and discrimination", the Support Committee for Sidji Chimenti composed of students, strikers Ponérihouen Ambulance, fellow strikers Carsud, PSC strikers, fellow strikers Fabicale and the many people who support the trade union organization since its inception, they have each in their own way responded to the call for general mobilization for the feast of workers. La ville blanche était noir de monde, et en même temps multicolore avec l’agitation des drapeaux "Usines et tribus même combat". The White City was black world, and at the same time multicoloured flags agitation "Plants and tribes themselves."
La présence des différentes communautés fût également un moment fort pour les organisateurs de la marche du 1er mai. The presence of different communities was also a high point for organizers of the march of 1 May.
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