Manifestação contra a Chevron no E.U.A tem grande repercussão na imprensa local

FUP

Durante as manifestações da United Steelworkers (USW), entidade sindical que representa os trabalhadores petroleiros dos Estados Unidos e da Central Sindical Norte Americana (AFL-CIO), contra a Chevron, realizadas nesta quarta-feira, 30, durante a assembléia dos acionistas da multinacional, na Califórnia, a FUP participou de diversos programas de rádio e TV da imprensa local, reiterando o posicionamento da entidade de suspensão das atividades da Chevron no Brasil e, fez denuncias sobre as inúmeras falhas de  de procedimento da empresa, antes, durante e após o acidente ambiental ocorrido em novembro de 2011, na Bacia de Campos, a maior região brasileira de exploração e produção de petróleo.

Ambientalistas norte-americanos e representantes de comunidades atingidas pela Chevron na Nigéria, Angola e Equador também estiveram presente na assembléia dos acionistas da multinacional e nos protestos organizados pelos dirigentes da United Steelworkes e AFL-CIO, que contou também com a participação dos petroleiros da Chevron que trabalham na refinaria de Richmond, na Califórnia, uma das maiores dos Estados Unidos. 

Nesta quinta-feira, o coordenador da FUP, João Antonio de Moraes, participou de uma reunião da Petrobrás com o sindicato dos petroleiros de Houston.

Confira repercussão das manifestações contra a Chevron, feita pela imprensa local:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Fbusiness&id=8682060

http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmental/33813-chevrons-leading-critics-from-brazil-to-ecuador-expose-oil-giants-abuses.html

http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chevron-faces-shareholder-union-and-community-revolt-at-annual-meeting-says-rainforest-action-network-155778935.html

http://www.marinij.com/business/ci_20743220/chevron-taken-task-at-shareholders-meeting-activist-protest-san-ramon

https://secure.marketwatch.com/story/shareholders-reprimand-chevron-ceo-watson-at-annual-meeting-over-18-billion-ecuador-liability-says-amazon-defense-coalition-2012-05-30

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/30/BUI71OPKNI.DTL&tsp=1

http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/05/30/95604/environmental_and_human_rights_advocates_crash_chevron?category=science

http://www.sanramonexpress.com/news/show_story.php?id=5778

http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/05/occupy-movement-takes-aim-chevron/

http://ecowatch.org/2012/leading-critics-from-brazil-to-angola-expose-chevrons-abuses-at-shareholder-meeting-today/

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107990

Protesters came from environmental justice organisations such as Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action, as well as Ecuador, Nigeria and Angola.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20743220/chevron-taken-task-at-shareholders-meeting

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/plaintiffs-pick-canada-for-costly-legal-fight/article2447959/

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