“Rail, highway, tunnel and bridge. We like high speed too much. Great speed in tunnel and bridge!” That's what a Gu ta Gutarrak copla says. In order to make known the exploitation of the workers of the works of the TAV and those that hide behind the excavations, I come to tell you, reader, the novelties of the
blog Zuloan, recently opened in ARGIA.Se is a collaborative blog with members of the Manu Robles-Arangiz Foundation of ELA and has two clear objectives: on the one hand, to collect new works and follow the news. The TAV is the largest transport infrastructure ever built in Euskal Herria. Since construction began ten years ago, there have been numerous accidents at work, in which at least seven people have died, according to the Basque Department of Seguridad.Se, have resumed construction work on some inactive sections, and it seems that between
Madrid and Vitoria-Gasteiz negotiations have resumed on other sections that have remained to be negotiated. And in Navarre it also seems that after the collapse of the first railway project the movements have started again.
But tunnels are more than bridges in this macro-project. Darker than clear. Although it is sometimes difficult to receive information, investigative journalism will be the basis of this blog, and has already begun to bear its first fruits. The members of ARGIA and ELA have been direct witnesses of the situation suffered by the workers in the works of the Hernani section, and the chronicle has had a great echo. This has caused a discomfort in the companies that
are building the TAV.Este blog also wants to collect direct testimonies and reports of situations of risk, job insecurity or irregularity, and if anyone wants to get in touch the email accounts zuloan@argia.eus and @AHTZuloan Twitter and AHTZuloan Facebook have been opened.