Tradesmen at Seaspan shipyard operations in North Vancouver and Victoria have stopped work in support of Seaspan tugboat captains and engineers, who have been without a contract since 2019.
Photo: Daniel Rojas Sánchez
Peaceful demonstrations were held over the weekend in many Colombian cities, among them Bogotá, the nation’s capital, where cultural organizations joined civic movements as part of the ongoing national strike Paro Nacional. While the protests drew some 3,000 participants according to the district’s Mobility Secretariat, the majority of Bogotanos continued their activities in an atmosphere of anxiety given that supplies of perishable goods are running low in discount stores, supermarkets and the capitalâs central food depot Corabastos.
On Saturday, a police operation on the
Bogotá â Zipaquira highway, which connects the dairy producing communities of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá with the capital, was reopened after barricades placed strike supporters were removed with the support of the Army. One of the instigators who rallied locals to maintain the blockade is the Mayor of Zipaquira Wilson GarcÃa. Zipaquira is