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monday 03 march 2025
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The workers of Bizkaia prepare to make way in the residences of Gipuzkoa
- The workers in the Gipuzkoa residences have begun a 30-day strike this Thursday to continue with the fighting dynamics initiated last year, as announced earlier this month.
Erresidentzietako langileak protestan. Argazkia: @erresidentziak .
Zarata mediatikoz beteriko garai nahasiotan, merkatu logiketatik urrun eta irakurleengandik gertu dagoen kazetaritza beharrezkoa dela uste baduzu, ARGIA bultzatzera animatu nahi zaitugu. Geroz eta gehiago gara, jarrai dezagun txikitik eragiten.
The call for a strike, which starts on Thursday, 19 September, will be extended until 18 October. They want to continue with the dynamics of strike that took place last year and have remembered that this Thursday is the 89th day of strike in the Basque Country.
A year of struggle
The workers in the residences of Gipuzkoa held their first strike on 26 October 2018, and almost a year later, the situation has not been solved. Then, they made it clear that care work is not specifically recognized as important, either in the family or in the labor market. Since that month of October 2018 they have carried out 89 days of strike and have indicated that they will follow the example of the workers of the residences of Bizkaia: In Bizkaia, the indefinite strike has lasted for more than 300 days.
Precariousness and machismo
The workers in the residences assure that it is a job based on precariousness and division of labor according to gender; in this article we gave some keys to this respect.
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