Around 25,000 people, according to the Government, demonstrated in Madrid to defend the public pension system and reject its privatisation. The State Coordinator for the Defence of the Public Pension System demands that they be adjusted according to real inflation.
According to Infobae, around 25,000 people, based on data from the Government, participated on 24 October in a march in Madrid in defence of the public pension system and against its privatisation. The call was made by the State Coordinator for the Defence of the Public Pension System (COESPE).
At the front of the march, COESPE's national spokesperson, Francisca López, called for pensions to be adjusted according to real inflation, as current increases do not compensate for the rising cost of living or the shopping basket. The organisation also demanded measures to guarantee the purchasing power of pensioners and strengthen their protection.
The coordinator argues that inflation in Spain stood at 4.9% year-on-year in September, according to the Consumer Price Index, which in their view represents a loss of purchasing power for pensioners.
Meanwhile, hundreds of families gathered outside the Department of Education, Science and Universities in Madrid to support the indefinite strike for non-university public education in the region, which began on 14 October. According to the Government, more than 500 parents attended with banners in defence of the work of teachers.
The teachers' demands include reducing teaching hours from 19 to 17 in Secondary, Vocational Training and Special Regime, and from 25 to 22 in Early Childhood and Primary, as well as lowering class ratios and increasing salaries.
On the other hand, the Educational Assembly of Catalonia (AEC), a body created outside the unions, agreed to call a demonstration on Saturday 21 November and to initiate a cycle of strikes with a first stoppage on 26 November.
The camp in Sol Square in Madrid is entering its fourth week. It began as a reaction to the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, who died days later in hospital, and today focuses on the right to housing.
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