Yes, job insecurity kills through the brutal capitalism that we have above us. The Basque reality has demonstrated this to us once again. In the last days of August and early September, five workers have lost their lives, three of them in the building. So far this year, there are 30 workers killed in the accident. That is the economic recovery that they want us to believe, based on the suffering and death of workers and their families. The Administration says that the death toll has fallen sharply. But what they hide is that what has actually been reduced is economic activity and that there are therefore fewer accidents at work. The deceased are elderly people, immigrants and outsourced by another company.

Last week, trade unions and social partners in Euskal Herria have joined the trade union protests. They denounce the job insecurity, outsourcing, the social cutbacks that lead to the dead, the attitude of an employer who does not invest enough in safety, the complicit passivity of the administrations, etc. All of that is OK. But two issues need to be highlighted: Trade unions and works councils should not limit themselves to denouncing and mobilising it whenever an occupational accident occurs. They should be attentive to companies that suspect that there are outsourcing, labour exploitation, overtime and lack of security. In the places where the commissions are, it is easy to take care of them. But this surveillance should be extended to companies that do not have committees or trade unions, as they are the ones most at risk of accidents at work. And there are resources to do it. Finally, the Public Prosecutor’s Office should investigate accidents on its own initiative, whether or not there is a complaint. Isn't it enough with a death at work?