Saturday, January 28, 2017

Farmers are manifested in Barcelona with their tractors – Hispan TV (press Release)

Hundreds of tractors have walked the streets of Barcelona, Spain, to vindicate the dignity of the sector of agriculture, January 28, 2017.

According to the estimates of the local police, around 30 000 people have participated in the march, and then have added also the trade unions Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.), General union of Workers (UGT) and the Union of Unions (UU).

The protesters demand the renewal of the contract of society" with the field for the immediate future. In addition they report from the field the crop of the agricultural income from Catalan, which accumulates a decline of 39 %, in constant terms between 2001 and 2015.

For its part, the national coordinator of the trade union Unió de Pagesos, Joan Caball, has ensured that 1000 tractors have participated in the march, although some only have done so in a stretch, and not all have come to Barcelona.

Source: AFP Source: AFP Source: AFP

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