The rescuers decided not to withdraw the banners and were fined for “occupying public space without permission or concession”. In addition, the cleaning company FCC was ordered to remove the banners found on the site and at 16:00 hours they appeared to perform the work. Once again, the Municipal Police officers came to the scene and asked them again if they were going to withdraw the banners. At the time of the refusal, the rescuers were identified again. “They spoke to us in a very bad way this afternoon and told us that, if they wanted, they were going to put another complaint to us, even if they didn’t do anything at all,” they explained.
On June 15, they asked for permission to protest and to place the banners on the streets of the town. They have therefore underlined their intention to continue the protest. IRUTXULOKO HITZA met former rescuers Jon Gorospe and Jon Ibarguren to discuss the reasons for the strike and the situation of the rescuers.
Today, 50 years ago, the labor movement of the Basque Country wrote a very important chapter in its history. In Hegoalde, some 200,000 workers went on a general strike in protest against the Franco regime, which lasted two months. This mobilization made it clear that the... [+]