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So, the first protest I went to was wednesday night. (I found out about it earlier that day) The goal was as a union to protest the dressmakers union SOIVA. Weird right? The reason is because SOIVA hasn't been acting on their workers behalf. The protest was asking for a 35% raise on salaries. The current salaries of the dressmakers are 1,800 pesos per month- 459.60 U$S. The 35% raise would bring that number to 650U$S... still not much to live on. And these numbers represent the legal textile industry here. The protest was really well run I think. We didn't cut off the street completely (Soledad directed traffick behind the group) and there were drums, chants, and banners- but no violence and anarchy (except for the lady next to me whos all bust in the door)