The president of the National Federation of Associations of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), Lorenzo Amor, has pointed out that around 90% of self-employed workers are carrying out their activity “absolutely normally” during the general strike this Wednesday.
With information gathered up to 10:00 a.m., the organization has released through a video sent to the media a first estimate of the impact of the work stoppage on the self-employed collective.
According to the explanation offered by Amor, around 90% of these professionals keep their work routine with complete normality, while the remaining 10% are not working at this time, either because they have chosen to take part in the strike or because they have been “prevented or coerced.”
“Some of them have been prevented because of the silicone on their lock of their business activity; others because they have been forced or coerced to not be able to carry out their activity and others because they have decided to join this general strike,” the president of ATA has specified.
Along these lines, the federation has denounced the actions of those it describes as the “silicone gang,” which it accuses of acting “against self-employed workers and against private property.” According to the association, the impact of the strike is being more pronounced in certain specific points of the large cities, while in neighborhoods, peripheral areas, and municipalities there is an “absolutely normal” level of activity.
ATA plans to carry out a new assessment of strike follow-through among self-employed workers starting at 12:00 p.m., in order to update participation data and any possible incidents recorded.