3,000 people attend the two demonstrations for the general strike in Menorca
"The streets are ours" or "We do not want houses without people nor people without houses" have alternated with other proclamations against vulture funds
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PalmaAlmost 3,000 people participated this Wednesday afternoon in the two demonstrations called by unions in Menorca in defense of housing, public services, and the increase of the minimum wage. The largest protest, called by CCOO, UGT, and STEI, gathered about 2,000 people at the Plaça Miranda in Maó, where the same chants that had been heard hours earlier, in the morning, at the Plaça Constitució could be heard. "The streets are ours" or "We do not want houses without people nor people without houses" alternated with other proclamations against vulture funds or the leaders of the right, Feijóo and Abascal. Candidates and leaders of left-wing parties also participated in the march to evidence their complaint against the refusal of the PP and Vox to support the decrees on housing.
In the morning, between 500 and 1,000 people had already demonstrated through the streets of Maó, moving their 'Strike House' performance from the municipal market to the Plaça Constitució, in front of the City Hall.
Activists provided themselves with chairs, tables, beds, and other household items to protest against the difficulty of accessing housing and to focus the chants in front of the headquarters of banking and real estate entities.
The protest was also felt in Ciutadella where in the afternoon almost a thousand people –500 according to the police– responded to the call of the unions CGT and CNT and the Strike Committee, and culminated the march at the Plaça des Born, in front of the City Hall.
At the head of the demonstration, which also raised its protests in front of banks and real estate agencies, messages could be read such as "Enough" or "Let's end the housing business"
The general strike day was felt more in Menorca on the streets than in the workplaces, where the impact was lower than expected.
The unions themselves estimated the strike participation at around 40% and criticized that the minimum services decreed by the administration had been, in their opinion, too high.
The day had a significant police presence on the streets, reinforced by the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR) of the National Police displaced from Palma.
