OUR RIGHTS VERSUS THEIR PRIVILEGES
Today, (Sept 29 ) is the first General Strike in Spain in 8 years. And the first strike against the Socialist Prime Minister Zapatero. Spanish workers have taken major cuts which have reduced their deficit by 46% since 2009. But now they are fighting more massive cuts in the public sector, attacks on pensions and social services. Zapatero has chosen to side with capital in this crisis and the workers took to the streets. This is at the same time as the European Central Bank President wants cuts of 200 billion Euros which will result in 20,000 further job losses.
Today there were protest rallies in many European countries but Spain spoke the loudest:
10 million workers (70%) joined the call for a General Strike. The largest strikes were in Madrid (500,000) and Barcelona (400,000). The small island of Mallorca had 20,000. The Steel and Energy sectors reported 100% walked out.
Before the strike there were some who doubted workers would turnout but clearly the working class wants to make a strong statement to a Socialist Prime Minister who is on the wrong side in this fight.
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