May Day in Frankfurt, Germany: WISAG worker warns of tens of thousands of job cuts
This year, the DGB (German Trade Union Confederation) held its ritual May Day rally under the meaningless motto “Solidarity is the Future.” On the fringes of the official rally in front of Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, a group of workers spoke out. Speaking on behalf of the dismissed WISAG workers, Ertugrul Kurnaz said: “That sounds good, but it can only be true if solidarity is not just something for the future, and if you stop just talking about it.”
Kurnaz started by reporting about the struggle at the Rhine-Main airport against mass dismissals. Rally participants and passers-by stopped and listened with interest. Kurnaz said he could sum up what the WISAG company was doing to the workers at the airport “in four simple words: they were used, exploited, tricked and thrown out.” The only unusual thing, he said, was that they did not just quietly accept it. “We did not bow down. We started f
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An afternoon demonstration by the (Lateral Thinking) group, which opposes the government s coronavirus strategy, is also anticipated in Berlin.
Police spokesperson Thilo Cablitz told news agency DPA that officers from across the country would be brought in.
The eastern city of Leipzig has already put a stop to three demonstrations that sought registration, as required under German law. Authorities banned the gatherings due to the pandemic restrictions, yet there were several other demos still under consideration.
Among those banned were a rally by planned by the Third Path party, a right-wing faction, and a cycle convoy organized by the Leipzig 2021 movement which is opposed to the restrictive measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
May Day rallies: Police, protesters clash in Berlin, Paris
Skirmishes between police and protesters broke out at May Day rallies in Berlin, Paris and other European cities. Hundreds of people were arrested at a demonstration in Turkey.
Thousands of police officers were on hand in Berlin in an effort to maintain control of the rallies
Protesters in Berlin threw bottles, firecrackers and stones at police during May Day marches in the Neukölln neighborhood of the German capital.
According to police tallies, 5,000 people took part in the rally, while organizers put the turnout closer to 20,000. Police took several demonstrators into custody.
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