 On 30 May 1969, a workers' revolt (known as "Trinta di mei" in Papiamentu) broke out at the entrance gate to the Shell refinery.During the advance to the inner city, the trade union leader Wilson Godett (among others) was shot by police, and angry workers set fire to properties in Punda and Otrobanda.After the local government had allowed Dutch marines to fly over to restore order, a lot of work was done to make the government more representative of the population.