75 -year -old Arazeli did not lose a demonstration May day In six decades. “This is my duty to be a working woman and class vigilance,” he says 20 Minutos Surrounded by the waves of the UGD and the CCO flags. Although Demonstration in Madrid for Labor Day He started this Thursday with problems with reducing traffic in the capital artery, and hundreds of people gathered in early March in the wake of the lack of an hour to start. “There are many things to claim this year,” says Araselli. “But, mainly, the Reduce work hours and access home For young people. “
The demonstration began at 12.00 at 12.00 Peppe alvarre (Ugt) y Unoi Deaf (CCOO), though A quiet atmosphere Expected. Although Summon assessed about 20,000 people, only the rhythm of the Milkyon was broken, the occasional slogan and the music of the vans surrounded by the head. Patricia walked a few meters away from her son Javi. “You realize that we spend more time to focus on the physical and psychologically through the blackout on Monday.”The woman says that the power cut allowed many people to cut off the work world. “We must be our time to live, to be with ourselves, enjoy, and relax. Life expectancy,” he added.
Under the aim of “defending the captured and winning the future, this year’s parade focuses on protecting unified rights and the need to advance in new work successes, and improves housing access or wage 37.5 hours a week from reducing that day. But in Europe, the unions caution about the risk of their policies that undermine the welfare state, and he had an international appearance, in addition to Administration Donald Trump An example of that setback.
Kyle, 29 -Iyer Union lawyer, has arrived from North American nation to join the Madrid demonstration. “The labor movement in my country now lives in difficult moments. Come to Madrid and find the Union’s tradition alive. I think I need to learn from this type of mobilization to strengthen our fight,” he says. On his side, the activist of the Argentina trade union movement agrees: “We see how the rights are reduced around the world. What is happening in the United States affects different positions worldwide. That is why we have to fight together for a living model that is worthy of everyone. ”
Tania (42) and Shersate (35), textile business workers behind a few meters. “We have come here to claim our rights, All that has been achieved, continues to fight because it is not over ”They explain. Although they are unable to go to the demonstration for “every time they wanted” for work reasons, they insist that every May 1 should be inevitable. “We are the workers who support the system, in view,” two sentences.
“There’s still a lot to do”
Telefenica, Sarah, Business Building and her husband Rafael, the Union Representative of an Oil Company, at the height of their three teenage children Marcos (17), Rafa (15) and Samuel (13). “We’re coming together every year because we have to do a lot more,” Sarah summarized. “The priority of this year is that wages continue to rise, in which female leadership continues to strengthen the leadership. We still have a lot to fight,” he added. Marcos corresponds to her mother: “My generation has already been born with many rights, so now we have to keep them and not go back.”. Samuel, the little Samuel, admits that it is not yet clear what he wants to do, but why he was there: “For the future and for everyone’s rights.”
Father Rafael recalled May 1 as an international struggle. “This is the day of the celebration, but with the heart. We celebrate the progress. Yes, but Chicago’s martyrs without forgetting that it started by workers killed in the United States in 1886. Today is another Must also be the main claim Labor safety. Hundreds of people die every year. This is unbearable, ”says the man.
In the capital, children’s maintenance workers, Laura and Nuria, also joined the parade. As for Lara, it is the third of May. “I see a little more empty than the other years, may have been affected by darkness”He reflected. Both emphasized their firm need: the reduction promises will not be in the promises that day. “We work for 40 hours. While there are 35 colleagues that do 35. We want to compare and compromise,” they said. Now, he says, they are in full negotiations of their contract and ask for conditions like other public services. “We ask for the choice of choice. To know our situation. Not just a model when Europe is comfortable.”
CCO’s Union Representative Javier, Plaza de Espana, Plaza de Espana is already in mind that it is marching to reach its goal Increase of minimum wage. “As for the economic situation that Europe is passing, it is absolutely necessary to fight for it,” he says. This is not to go to the street in May, but this Monday may have affected some people’s moods, but he insists that he has seen “the same number of people”, even though the sky has predicted more than the sky on Thursday. “Despite all things, the fight will not stop,” he says.