Last Saturday afternoon, with the presence of about 300 people, it took place
in Lanzarote a demonstration called by the CANARY WORKERS' UNION
(FSOC) and ALEA (LANZAROTE IN ACTION ASSOCIATION) demanding measures
urgent against the high cost of living in Lanzarote. The FSOC, with the
presence of its National Secretary, Manuel Mederos and the Island Secretary
of El Hierro, Domingo Martín, demanded the immediate creation of a market
supply in the island, as well as the suppression of the REA and the RIC, instruments
fiscal that have not favored the pockets of families at all. All of it
on the contrary, the REA, instead of lowering the shopping basket, has
increased it. Lanzarote and El Hierro have the most expensive baskets of
all Canary Islands.
Photos: Sergio Betancort
At 5:30 p.m. the demonstration left from the Parque Islas Canarias
to the Calle Real de Arrecife. In front of the establishments of a
well-known food multinational, both manifestos were read by
part of the two organizations.
This Monday, April 14, convened by the President of the Government of
Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, Daniel Casal and Domingo Martín, representing
of the FSOC, and Leticia Padilla, representing ALEA, will express the
discomfort that the Canarian society as a whole has in this regard,
demanding the adoption of urgent measures to eliminate this scourge that
suffer Canarian families. Also, next Tuesday the FECAI
(Canary Federation of Islands) will deal as the first point of the agenda
the demands of the CANARY WORKERS' UNION through a written commitment
adopted by the President of the Cabildo of El Hierro.
Both organizations affirm that, if this serious situation is not corrected immediately
situation, they will call a Canarian national demonstration.