UGT-Galicia has made public a complaint for an attack with an explosive device against the headquarters that the union has on García Barbón street in Vigo, an episode that it links to the "climate of polarization and hatred that some organizations are imposing, creating a dangerous breeding ground."
In its statement, the union headquarters details that the explosion occurred while the evening demonstration in Vigo was taking place, which began at 18.00 hours in Plaza de España and was called in a unitary manner; in addition to class unions, by the Sindicato de Inquilinas, neighborhood groups, ecologists, feminists, and students.
UGT warns that, had it happened at another time, "material damage could be accompanied by someone injured." The detonation opened a gaping hole in the main door of the headquarters, an reinforced glass entrance with metal bars.
The executive committee of UGT-Galicia regrets this "final flourish" to a day of strike that, as it emphasizes, had unfolded in the Galician Community with normality and without incidents of special relevance.
Along these lines, the union argues that the marches and support for the strike reflect the "discontent with how wages are evolving, the problems in accessing housing, and the continuous rise in prices."
Polarization and a climate of hatred
"But it seems that some, after more than 51 years of democracy, do not accept the rules we set for ourselves or intend to return to a past that we would rather not have to repeat," the UGT statement says, which interprets the attack on its Vigo headquarters as "the result of the polarization that this society is experiencing."
In this regard, it points to "certain organizations" that act "under the baton of hatred and creating a dangerous breeding ground." "Not everything goes," warns the trade union organization, which stresses that the next elections on November 29 "should not turn this society into a muddy field of fights in which its actors forget the rules of coexistence."