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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1839
1 - 7 October 2020
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ERTE OR MUERTE
THE crippling effect of the Covid-19 crisis and a ‘lack of government organsation’ has united Costa Blanca’s businesses and workers’ network, with more than 200 vehicles taking part in a protest dubbed ‘ERTE o Muerte’ (ERTE or Death) on Tuesday, September 29. Demonstrators from across the region met at Aqualandia and drove through Benidorm, making their way to Terra Mitica where a manifesto was read, demanding ‘urgent measures’ to save the town and its workers. The manifesto demands, as one of the essential measures for the salvation of the tourism sector, ‘the extension of the ERTE for all sectors involved in the tourism industry.’ Organised by businesses and associations, the
protest received huge support, with hundreds of businesses, workers, entrepreneurs and self-employed from almost every sector taking part. “This demonstration is the consequence of what we consider to be a continuous nonsense, lack of organisation and programming that the government of Spain has shown during this health crisis,” said a spokesperson. Costa Blanca association, Aico, added: “Given the exclusion of our sectors in the extension of ERTEs, we demand extraordinary and urgent mea-
three-week extension to last month’s restrictions on the hospitality industry and
PROTEST: Held in Benidorm. sures from the Spanish government. “All of Spain needs strong support for the business fabric and today, the most urgent is the extension of ERTEs to businesses
and autonomos that directly and indirectly depends on tourism.” The demonstration comes just two days after the regional government announced it is adding a
nightlife venues across the Valencia Community.
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