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According to UPM, the general strike in the Catalan metal was "mixed"
01/10/2010
October 1, 2010
Antoni Marsal, President of the Unió Patronal metal·lúrgica, values that the follow-up to the general strike on September 29 in the sector of the metal was "uneven".
In terms of large enterprises and the industrial estates of the industrial belt of Barcelona, "the follow-up we can estimate by 65%." "In this case, the pickets have been violent and not only informative, preventing access to factories and intimidating actions, which thing has caused that many workers have not been able to go to work".
On the other hand, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in cities around Barcelona and outside the metropolitan area, the employer believes that the follow-up was more reduced, about 35%. In this case, picketing were basically news and in many cases were campaigning the day before at night.
"We feel that the follow-up of the strike has been fairly widespread, forced way." Not so much by the own conviction or agree with the reasons of the mobilization. "In large part, the difficulties to go to work prevented many workers and many companies the free exercise of their right to work", said Marsal.
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