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      Brazil: Students decry dismissal of 42 striking subway workers00:31

      Brazil: Students decry dismissal of 42 striking subway workers

      Brazil, sao paulo
      Politics
      June 19, 2014 at 03:46 GMT +00:00 · Published

      Students from several Sao Paulo universities took to the city's Cathedral Subway Station on Wednesday to protest the dismissal of 42 striking subway workers.

      Protesters from the University of São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) and Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) occupied the station claiming that the dimissal, ordered by governor Geraldo Alckmin was unfair.

      The subway workers were fired after five days on strike.

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      Students from several Sao Paulo universities took to the city's Cathedral Subway Station on Wednesday to protest the dismissal of 42 striking subway workers.

      Protesters from the University of São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) and Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) occupied the station claiming that the dimissal, ordered by governor Geraldo Alckmin was unfair.

      The subway workers were fired after five days on strike.

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