Opposition mounts towards #shale_gas in Algeria
▻http://multinationales.org/Opposition-mounts-towards-shale
The Algerian Sahara has been in the grip of mobilisations against shale gas operations since 1 January 2015, when some 1500 people took to the streets of In Salah, 35 kilometres from the site where #Total and Algerian state-owned company #Sonatrach are conducting the country’s first shale drilling in the Ahnet Basin. This article was originally published in French mid-January 2015. Despite the Algerian government’s annoucement that it will temporarily suspend fracking plans, protests continue. (...)
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/ #Fossil_fuels, Total, Sonatrach, #Extractive_Industries, #Energy, shale gas, #water, #local_communities, #extractive_industries, #environmental_impact, workers’ (...)
#workers'_protest
« ▻http://www.equaltimes.org/opposition-mounts-to-shale-gas-in »
« ►http://www.elwatan.com »
« ▻http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=ag »
« ►http://www.algeria-watch.org/pdf/pdf_fr/gdS-algerie.pdf »
« ►http://www.algeria-watch.org/fr/article/eco/gaz_schiste/craintes_agriculteurs.htm »
The Other Side of Low-Cost Air Travel
▻http://multinationales.org/The-Other-Side-of-Low-Cost-Air
The two-week strike staged in September by Air #France pilots in protest against the expansion of the airline’s low-cost subsidiary, Transavia, illustrates the impact of this increasingly widespread model on labour legislation and social protection. This article was originally published, in a slightly longer version, in French. Translation via Equal Times. “If low-cost could be done with the operating rules of a traditional airline, we’d know about it! (...) You can’t go and work for Transavia (...)
/ #Transport, France, #Air_France_KLM, #Easyjet, #Vueling, #Ryanair, #Corporate_Subsidies, #Tax_Heavens, #Workers'_Rights_and_Freedom_of_Association, #subsidies, #work_conditions, #workers'_rights, #offshoring, #workers'_protest, #salary, #unions, #social_security, tax (...)
#tax_evasion
« ▻http://www.equaltimes.org/the-other-side-of-low-cost?lang=en »
« ▻http://www.lesechos.fr/10/09/2014/LesEchos/21768-080-ECH_alexandre-de-juniac-----nous-comptons-investir-1-milliard-d-e »
« ►http://www.cgtairfrance.com/Doc/2014/COMPRESSOSAF22092014.pdf »
« ►http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/european-airlines-labour-productivity-oxymoron-for-some-vueling-a »
« ►http://www.senat.fr/notice-rapport/2013/r13-450-notice.html »
« ▻http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-863_en.htm »
Claiming victory against #Unilever, ’Fralibs’ will take over their factory in Gémenos
▻http://multinationales.org/Claiming-victory-against-Unilever
“This is a massive trade-union victory”, say the delighted ’Fralib’ workers. After occupying their tea-producing factory for three and a half years in Gémenos, Southern #France, the ’Fralibs’, as they are called after the name of their former company, finally came to an agreement with Unilever on the 25th May, 2014. This article was originally published in French►http://multinationales.org/Reprise-de-l-usine-de-Gemenos. Translation: Rebecca Ballard. “This agreement means we can start looking into (...)
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/ #Economic_Democracy, Unilever, France, Food & Agribusiness, #internal_democracy_within_firms, #social_economy, #employment, #workers'_protest, #corporate_social_responsibility, Confédération générale du travail (...)
#Food_&_Agribusiness #Confédération_générale_du_travail_CGT_
]]>Amazonian dams: #EDF and GDF Suez are “studying” indigenous lands with the support of the army
▻http://multinationales.org/Amazonian-dams-EDF-and-GDF-Suez
After Belo Monte, the Tapajós river, one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, and its basin are the latest target for builders of #Large_Dams. The Brazilian government would like to build at least four new dams in this pristine area, of unique #biodiversity. It has enlisted help from a group of companies, including French companies EDF and GDF Suez, to carry out #environmental_impact studies. These companies have been granted the support of the army, to help them sniff out any rebellion from the (...)
/ #Energy, #Brazil, EDF, #GDF-Suez, Large Dams, #State_as_shareholder, biodiversity, #local_communities, #social_impact, environmental impact, #energy, workers’ (...)
#workers'_protest
“►http://lab.org.uk/public-consultation-more-of-a-pr-exercise”
“►http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/amazon-villagers-incensed-over-energy-plans-20131223103351496119.html”
“►http://www.grupodeestudostapajos.com.br”
“►http://youtu.be/9liW4bQP03w”
Occupy #Chevron: Resisting #shale_gas development in #Poland
▻http://www.multinationales.org/article188.html
In the morning of the 2nd of June, 2013, under the protection of security guards, the American multinational Chevron took possession of a piece of land situated close to Zurawlow, Poland, in the Grabowiec concession. Chevron was coming to install all its equipment for shale gas development. Residents of nearby villages tried to intervene. This article was originally published in French by Basta!. Translated by Laura Voicu. A protester was injured by a vehicle belonging to the firm and was (...)
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/ Poland, #Energy, Chevron, shale gas, #local_communities, #workers'_protest
►http://www.bastamag.net/article3118.html
►http://www.arte.tv/fr/gaz-de-schiste-une-energie-qui-divise/7258938.html
▻http://www.stopaugazdeschiste07.org/spip.php?article533
▻https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_Fracking_in_Poland_gmina_Zurawlow/?aNcGcdb