++ Rival groups within the Mexican Electricians union clashed using bottles, stones and sticks… The melee began when Martín Esparza sympathizers tried to force their way into a meeting organized by Alejandro Muñoz followers… Several union members were hurt in the scrimmage and cars parked outside were damaged.
++ The Mexican Electricians Union said it was not to blame for the clash between rival groups within the union… The SME said in a press release that strike breakers and provocateurs caused the commotion… The SME said its demonstrations are peaceful, despite a campaign to spark trouble, which the union blamed on the Federal Police.
++ The Interior Secretariat ruled out resuming talks with the Mexican Electricians Union as long as a belligerent attitude and a failure to keep their activities peaceful, as shown in the last few days, continue.
++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont denied that the government acted on its own to raise gasoline and diesel fuel rates in 2010, since, he said, the decision to increase prices was reached together with Congress.
++ The PRI will next week submit to the Chamber of Deputies a proposal to reform the law so that legislators be given powers to set prices and rates for public services, in particular having to do with fuel rates.
++ PRD chairman Jesús Ortega Martínez said his party’s deputies will support the proposal to be handed in by the PRI so that Congress and not the Executive branch be the one to decide on fuel costs and fuel rate increases in Mexico.
++ The Morelos Education Secretariat announced a special plan to keep watch over 1,700 schools to guarantee a safe return to classes and also pledged to establish guidelines to deal with situations involving drug-related violence in case they should arise.
2 comments:
Wow - I really enjoy your website. It is very informative. Hopefully the situation with the Electricians Union can be resolved soon.
Glad you are back, I missed your reports.
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