Brazilian teachers' protest met with batons and tear gas
RIO – Military police violently cracked down on a teachers protest using tear gas and batons in front of the State Department of Education building, on Wednesday afternoon. The confrontation happened after a teacher used a marker. to write “Education Strike” in the wall. Teachers had walked the Avenida Presidente Vargas to the location after another demonstration in front of the administrative building of the town hall, where police also used tear gas to remove teachers that closed the route.
Teachers union and Municipal workers decided on Tuesday, 27th to go on an extended strike beginning Wednesday, 28th when 10,000 teachers and municipal workers of the city of São Paulo marched on City Hall.
Today the group arrived in Santo Cristo, around 15h30. The building was surrounded by the Riot/Shock Battalion of Military police. Protesters began to paste stickers in support of the strike at the iron gate. Then a teacher used a marker to write on the white wall beside the gate, when a police officer grabbed her and dragged her by the hair. Protesters tried to free her and pulled her legs. A larger group ran toward the teacher and police fired tear gas and sound bombs to repress the group of about 500 people. Then at least three police used pepper spray against the group. The teacher was arrested and taken into police van.
http://revolution-news.com/brazilian-teachers-protest-met-baton-strikes-tear-gas/
for more on strike:
http://revolution-news.com/brazilian-teachers-municipal-workers-march-announce-indefinite-strike/
Among the demands of the teachers are also better working conditions, adequate number of students per teacher, structural conditions in schools, workplace safety and auxiliary teachers for students with disabilities.
--great pictures of the strike in above article, streets filled as far as the eye can see.
I don't know how to copy pictures.
