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Vol. 79/No. 27 August 3, 2015
NY picket: ‘Stop attacks on
workers in Puerto Rico!’
Militant/Candace Wagner
NEW YORK — “What do we want? Stop the cuts!” chanted pickets outside a
meeting between Puerto Rican officials and major bondholders at
Citigroup offices here July 13, echoing the demands of protesters on the
island. The colonial government has already laid off thousands of
workers, cut pensions and raised taxes in the name of paying the debt.
Some of the roughly 50 protesters held signs denouncing the “Krueger
plan,” a government-commissioned report that proposes sweeping cuts in
social protections and lowering the minimum wage to make Puerto Rico
“competitive.”
— CANDACE WAGNER
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