Guadeloupe: General strike scores victory, spreads to other colonies

The agreement granted the strikers their top 20 immediate demands and provided for continued negotiations on the remaining 126 mid-term and long-term demands. The LKP is a coalition of 49 unions and grassroots organisations.

The LKP strike collective voted to end the strike, its member unions and community groups declaring this a “first victory” after 44 days of general strike, repeated mass demonstrations, and negotiations.

Some strikes are continuing, however, where the bosses’ associations have not signed the agreement on wages. For example, at the Gardel sugar refinery and in the supermarkets belonging to various beke families (the white elite that controls most industry and agriculture).

And on March 7, 30,000 people marched through the streets of the capital, Pointe a Pitre, to celebrate the initial victory.

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Guadeloupe: General strike scores victory, spreads to other colonies
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