around thirty anti-health pass activists were brought into the ARS premises
A “punch” action. To Arts Etc., Culture SOUTH 31, yellow vests … At the call of several groups, around thirty activists have invested the ARS premises in Toulouse since 3 pm this Thursday, October 28, 2021. After having had several times in front of the establishment, they went on the offensive. They infiltrated the structure to challenge management. They denounce “unfair conditions for the implementation of the vaccination obligation”.
Against the vaccine obligation
“Our previous actions did not have the produced effects”, explains Mathieu, member of the Aux Arts Etc. collective He adds: “Today we have decided to join the LRA in order to bring our demands to the leadership”. The activists demand in particular the end of layoffs of unvaccinated employees, particularly in the medico-social sectors. As a reminder, the vaccination obligation for caregivers was announced by the government on September 15.
“Today, people are laid off, precarious, suspended and found themselves without any income to have a so-called bad opinion”, estimates the collective Aux Arts Etc. He continues: “Whatever the quality of the opinion expressed, nothing justifies this sentence.” Thus, they demand the immediate reinstatement of suspended workers, with the full payment of the missing part. In addition, they ask “the immediate lifting of the health pass” as well as free PCR and antigen tests for all “. Contacted by The Independent Opinion, the management of ARS Occitanie has not yet responded to our requests.
An action underway at the ARS
Marchant Hospital, Matabiau Station, Toulouse University Hospital … The activists are not at their first attempt. A month ago, the opponents of the health pass had yet entered the Hôtel-Dieu. An action that resulted in a complaint from the CHU. But nothing seems to deter activists. “Faced with this terrible injustice, we are taking the necessary risks to fight against this intolerable model of crisis management”, affirms the Aux Arts Etc. collective.
Currently, the activists are still on the ARS site. After being introduced into the building by the kitchens from the establishment, they decorated the premises with their placards and performed protest songs. Alerted, the police arrived on site. The police ordered the demonstrators to leave the scene. Then they embarked five protagonists at the police station in order to verify their identity.