Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia at a protest in Auckland this weekend.
Demonstrators block a street with a barricade in Cali, Colombia during a protest against a tax reform bill.
Photo: AFP
There have been widespread protests in Colombia over the past two weeks after the government proposed a tax reform it said was key to mitigating Colombia s economic crisis.
President Iván Duque has since withdrawn the bill, but that hasn t stopped the protests. Demonstrators are calling for improvements to the country s pension, health and education systems, and they re standing up to what they say is excessive use of violence by the security forces.
Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:21 pm
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are
calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this
Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the
brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their
right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the
tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their
government.
We want to support the
legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the
strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the
decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the
many social organizations that support them, says Mike
Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for
Press Release – Unite Union
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their government.
“We want to support the legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the many social organizations that support them,” says Mike Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for GPJA.
Press Release – Unite Union Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of …
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their government.
“We want to support the legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the many social organizations that support them,” says Mike Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for GPJA.
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