Unite stages Healthcare Demonstration

  • Printer friendly view
 Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 09:41
Unite stages Healthcare Demonstration

by PANORAMA REPORTER
Unite the Union held its Healthcare Demonstration yesterday evening. Police estimated that around 500 people attended the protest, which focused on issues such as the contracts and working conditions of health and care workers.
The large crowd at Casemates Square held signs in English, Arabic and Spanish, while the large banner carried at the front of the protest read: ‘SUPPORT OUR STAFF CUTS COST LIVES’, ‘RESPECT & DIGNITY FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS’. 


At Casemates, Unite the Union’s Health Convenor, Alex Nuñez, read a message from Unite’s General Secretary Sharon Graham, who stated she was ‘proud’ to declare her solidarity with health and care workers in Gibraltar. After this, the crowd then made its way down Main Street towards No. 6 Convent Place.
On the walk down, music was played with phrases such as ‘power to the people’ and ‘get up stand up, stand up for your rights’ whilst protesters chanted ‘el pueblo unido jamás será vencido’.
Upon arriving at No.6 Convent Place, the crowd soon filled the streets outside to show their support to the health and care workers of the Rock.

MORE IN PANORAMA PRINT EDITION

30-03-22 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR