The second deputy prime minister and minister of Labour and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, has expressed her "respect and support" for trade union organizations and for the employees who are taking part in the strikes of this 11 November, after the PP circulated on social media an image generated with AI in which unionists were seen eating prawns along with the text: "The critical moment of the strike is approaching... the appetizer".
"It is intolerable that a party that aspires to govern Spain mocks a fundamental right of the Constitution," the Labour minister has denounced in a message published on the social network Bluesky and picked up by Europa Press.
Díaz has stressed that thanks to the strike, citizens won the eight-hour workday, paid holidays, and essential advances in women's rights. "Also for PP voters. It is worth remembering today more than ever. No labour right has arrived as a gift," she emphasized.
Along these lines, she has recalled that achievements that are considered commonplace today, such as having weekends off, maintaining one’s salary when one falls ill, or being able to retire with a pension, were previously demands defended by workers and unions. "That is how democracy has always advanced. Mobilizations open the way and then laws consolidate it," she emphasized.
In her view, what really bothers the PP is not a photograph, but "a works committee that stands up when a workforce is exploited, the office noticeboard calling an assembly, or the colleague who hands out leaflets and risks their position for others’ sake".
"That is what trade unions are: the reason nobody is alone in front of their boss. Without them, each worker negotiates in solitude and always loses. For a reason, freedom of association is a human right recognized around the world. And for a reason, for a century now, we have said that work is not a commodity," the second deputy prime minister insisted.
For this reason, Yolanda Díaz has reiterated her support for those who mobilize "for a decent wage and housing that they can afford". "To real workers. Not to those who use AI to make fun of all of them, all of them," she concluded.