Thousands of Demonstrators Collapse Barcelona in the General Strike for Housing and Better Wages - ON ECONOMY
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Some 400,000 people fill Passeig de Gràcia demanding higher wages, access to housing and a dignified life
Tens of thousands of people joined demonstrations held today in various cities of Spain, on a day of general strike called by the country's trade union centers to claim "housing and decent wages". The demonstrations were called to more than 50 Spanish cities and in the two largest cities, Madrid and Barcelona, there were 120,000 and 55,000 people, respectively, according to the security forces and local authorities.
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated throughout the country after this day of general strike, the first of its kind in the euro area's fourth economy.
Tens of thousands of people have gone out on Wednesday to the streets of several cities in Spain to demand decent salaries and housing. The rain, at times very strong, has not prevented 120,000 people, according to the Government Delegation, from supporting the Madrid demonstration, while in Barcelona, according to data from the Urban Guard, there have been 55,000.
Protesters claim the right to decent housing and that the rent is not 'eat' almost all the salary ...
During the day mobilizations were recorded in the main cities under intense rains, as well as blockades in road accesses and central markets.The entrance Thousands of people marched in Spain in the middle of the general strike for better wages and access to housing was first published in El Ciudadano.
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