Mayday http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/3409/0 fr May Day March pushes for $15 minimum wage http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/photo/may-day-march-pushes-15-minimum-wage/33499 <p>VANCOUVER - Turnout was good and the weather was great for this year&#39;s Vancouver &amp; District Labour Council&nbsp; sponsored May Day March.</p> <p>The marchers filled several blocks of Commercial Drive as they wound their way from 14th and Commercial to Grandview Park. Speeches were followed by music and food.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/photo/may-day-march-pushes-15-minimum-wage/33499" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/photo/may-day-march-pushes-15-minimum-wage/33499#comments murray bush - flux photo Governance Syndicalisme 2015 Labour march May Day Mayday vancouver Sat, 02 May 2015 07:45:11 +0000 flux 33499 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca Vancouver May 1st Anti-capitalist March Photos http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/vancouver-may-1st-anti-capitalist-march-photos/17373 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_6_0.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_1.jpg" alt="" title="Anarchists display their banners to the assembled crowd at Victory Square.." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_2.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_3.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_4_bike_pigs.jpg" alt="" title="About 20 cops were set up around the rallying point at Victory Square, including these motorcycle cops." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_5.jpg" alt="" title="Marching east on Hastings Street carrying torches." width="450" height="327" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_6.jpg" alt="" title="Members of the black bloc and their banners." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_6_skater.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_7_camera.jpg" alt="" title="Camera crew from the Public Safety Unit (PSU) filming protesters." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_9_pidgin.jpg" alt="" title="Cops line up to protect Pidgin restaurant." width="450" height="386" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_11_pidgin_torches.jpg" alt="" title="Torches blaze outside Pidgin." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_8_disarm.jpg" alt="" title="Disarm Authority banner." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_10_goons.jpg" alt="" title="At Pidgin more cops from the PSU were deployed." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_12.jpg" alt="" title="They also had a paramedic from the ambulance service (they had the large backpacks). The ambulance service is part of the PSU." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_13_commanders.jpg" alt="" title="These are two commanders of the PSU (both Sergeants) and a member of the fire department (with red lettering on the back of his reflective vest). The fire department is also part of the PSU." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_14_all_blue.jpg" alt="" title="More PSU cops were deployed as the protest marched south on Main Street. They were transported by Sprinter vans acquired for the 2010 Olympics." width="450" height="327" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/vpd_sprinter_psu_van_side.jpg" alt="" title="The VPD transports its PSU members with these Sprinter vans, which usually carry 5-6 PSU members. They can be distinguished from the Sprinter prisoner transport vans by their large side and rear windows. " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_16_stick.jpg" alt="" title="This second deployment saw PSU members wearing coveralls with body armour, 3 foot long riot batons, and gas masks strapped to their legs." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_15_camera.jpg" alt="" title="They also had their own camera crew." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_18.jpg" alt="" title="As the black bloc shed their outer layer of black clothing behind a banner, a group of PSU cops moved up to observe." width="450" height="348" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_18_psu_vest.jpg" alt="" title="One of the commanders of the PSU (a sergeant)." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mayday_19_torches.jpg" alt="" title="Torches marching down Hastings Street." width="450" height="335" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Over 100 people rallied at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver for a May Day anti-capitalist march.&nbsp; After lighting torches the protesters marched through the Downtown Eastside, briefly stopping at the Pidgin restaurant which has been the target of ongoing anti-gentrification pickets.&nbsp; Vancouver police had a large number of cops, primarily from the Public Safety Unit (PSU) deployed.&amp;</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/vancouver-may-1st-anti-capitalist-march-photos/17373" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/vancouver-may-1st-anti-capitalist-march-photos/17373#comments Zig Zag anti-capitalist May 1 Mayday Mayday 2013 vancouver Thu, 02 May 2013 07:17:31 +0000 Zig Zag 17373 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca VANCOUVER WILDCAT MAYDAY http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/events/10598 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-label">Titre secondaire:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> A week of Mayday Actions </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date-and-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-start">Ma Avr 24</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Ma Mai 1</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-city"> <div class="field-label">ville:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Vancouver </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-venue"> <div class="field-label">Lieu:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> various </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-address"> <div class="field-label">Adresse:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> various </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cost"> <div class="field-label">Coût:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> free </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-organizer-contact"> <div class="field-label">le contact de l&#039;organisatrice:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> http://vanmayday2012.wordpress.com/ </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/373036_303794233026346_1451475032_n.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=6338">373036_303794233026346_1451475032_n.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-facebook-link"> <div class="field-label">Lien:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> http://vanmayday2012.wordpress.com/ </div> </div> </div> <p>Tensions are mounting with workers all over the province; teachers, posties, Air Canada baggage handlers, on-board attendants at the Rocky Mountaineer, Maple Ridge Extra Foods workers, taxi drivers, the list continues to grow. But we are not just victims, we can also act.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/events/10598" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/events/10598#comments Arts Coopératives Action directe Éducation Environnement Alimentation Genre Governance Santé Logement Idées Autochtones Syndicalisme Médias Migration La paix et la guerre Police et prisons Pauvreté Sexualité Solidarité Sports Transport May Day Mayday vancouver wildcat Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:07:22 +0000 Relentless Rising 10598 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca