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The Inquillins Union has long been calling for housing unemployment, supported by smaller labour organizations such as CGT. CC OO and UGT say they already handled the idea, but they didn't take the final step until Monday.
Maricarren Abascal, the 87-year-old retired woman whose eviction in Madrid has made her a symbol of the recent mass protests over the housing crisis in Spain, died on Wednesday, October 7, as confirmed by the Inquillinas Union. Without wishing to do so, women had become the most recent face in the struggle for greater protection of tenants and for actions against property speculation.
The union confirms the arrest on 11 November with CGT, CO.BAS and Solidarity of the Workers. CC OO and UGT call in a statement for the mobilization of workers "for a decent housing"
The Inquillin Union confirmed the death of the 87-year-old woman, who had been hospitalized since her eviction on 23 September. His expulsion from the apartment he had lived in for over seven decades caused a wave of protests and pressure on the leadership to implement measures against the housing crisis. "We will continue to fight, as you always wanted," the organization said.
As called for by the Inquillin Union and thousands of protesters, the organizations led by Unai Sordo and Pepe Álvarez will call for the arrest, which will take place shortly before the general elections.
The organization speaks about the electoral advancement and the Government's attempt to recover the housing decrees by another way after their defeat in Congress
This is how the Inquillin Union activists prepare their disobedience actions to stop evictions, promote legislative changes in housing and create symbols like Pepi and Maricarsen
More than 50 protests were called on Saturday in Spain following Congress's rejection of the housing decrees. As the camp continues in Madrid, where between 70,000 and 500,000 people showed up in the streets, according to the authorities and the organizers. The Inquillin Union seeks to promote a general strike.
The organization that led the protest says that they will focus on the general strike, while the rest of the collectives consider expanding the camp if people continue to reach the square
The Madrid Puerta del Sol camp will continue after Congress rejected the two government-driven decrees to face the housing crisis on Friday, a spokesman for the Inquillinas Union announced. The Junts, PP and Vox parties had already anticipated that they would vote against the measures.
The Inquillins Union calls for help in defending the camp of the "dogs of the renters"
The spontaneous camp called by the Inquillin Union has taken strength on its first day standing with profiles of all ages that refuse to dismount their shops until "measures are taken to make cities no longer a zoo"
The Madrid Union of Inquillins and Inquillines raises the tents at the central Puerta del Sol as a measure of pressure against the central government to approve the "Mari Carmen Decree," which seeks to establish indefinite rental contracts, freeze rental prices and impose a moratorium on evictions. The protest broke out after the eviction of an octogenary, which has become a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain.
The Inquillinas union in Madrid highlights the solidarity between the campsites and has prepared activities such as workshops, debates and assemblies: "Today we go back to night"
In her first message from the hospital she was moved to after being thrown out of the home she lived in for 71 years, the 87-year-old woman thanked the citizen's mobilizations for her support and promised to "continue fighting" for the right to housing in Spain. Under the slogan "Not one more Maricarren," the Inquilinas Union is preparing a major demonstration in Madrid on Saturday, September 26, as pressure grows for the government and the opposition to take new measures against the real estate speculators.
The company, the owner of the apartment from which Maricarsen was evicted, filed a complaint against the organization and its spokesman Valeria Racu for "injuries, slander and violation of the right to honour"
The Inquillin Union lawyer is negotiating to try to stop the launch, scheduled for Wednesday
