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Masons reach negotiations with employers. (News 2016, by Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro) - Swiss Press Award

Geneva, December 10, 2015. The procession, composed of approximately seven hundred construction workers, stopped around 9:00 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the Geneva branch of the Swiss Society of Contractors (SSE). Union representatives went up to deliver a resolution voted on earlier by the workers, while whistles from the crowd could be heard. The procession moved slowly forward. On the Mont-Blanc bridge, closed in one direction, several demonstrators tried to block oncoming traffic. A few minor clashes occurred. © Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro / Le Courrier
Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro
Geneva, December 10, 2015. The procession, composed of approximately seven hundred construction workers, stopped around 9:00 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the Geneva branch of the Swiss Society of Contractors (SSE). Union representatives went up to deliver a resolution voted on earlier by the workers, while whistles from the crowd could be heard. The procession moved slowly forward. On the Mont-Blanc bridge, closed in one direction, several demonstrators tried to block oncoming traffic. A few minor clashes occurred. © Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro / Le Courrier
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2016

Masons reach negotiations with employers.

Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro

The procession, composed of approximately seven hundred Masons, stopped at around 9 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the Geneva branch of the Society. The procession moved slowly. On the Mont-Blanc Bridge, which was closed in one direction, several demonstrators attempted to block cars coming from the opposite direction. There were occasional tensions.

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Masons reach negotiations with employers.

Le Courrier

Photo / News
2016

Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro

The procession, composed of approximately seven hundred Masons, stopped at around 9 a.m. in front of the headquarters of the Geneva branch of the Society. The procession moved slowly. On the Mont-Blanc Bridge, which was closed in one direction, several demonstrators attempted to block cars coming from the opposite direction. There were occasional tensions.

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Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro / Swiss Press Award

Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro

Photographe de presse RP-CH, Genève, 1963

Je suis photographe RP-CH depuis 30ans. Je vis et travaille à Genève, en Suisse. Collaborateur à temps partiel à 60 % du quotidien Le Courrier. Je réalise aussi bien des travaux photographiques sur commande pour la presse quotidienne ou dans l’événementiel ou des projets documentaires au long cours ( extrême droite radicale en Europe, USA et Russie, ex-Yougoslavie, Palestine, Japon, Lampedusa/Sicile, etc.), avec le CICR en République Démocratique du Congo. En 2012, Jean-Patrick Di Silvestro a reçu le 1er prix au Swiss Press Award dans la catégorie «portrait». Mon travail sur l’extrême droite radicale était présenté au Festival international de photojournalisme «Visa pour l’image» de Perpignan en France.Parution en 2017 du livre ( Après les vagues, autour de Fukushima ).

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