Vitoria, Spain, March 3rd, 1976
Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3rd, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, representatives of struggling workers call for a general strike. In the church of San Francisco, in the working class neighborhood of Zaramaga, thousands of workers fill the temple in assembly. Outside, many more people gather and, in the middle, about a hundred heavily armed police officers wait to act.
police brutality
1970s
basque country, spain
working class
catholic church
labor strike
labor union
spanish transition
political repression
state crimes
vitoria-gasteiz, spain
labor rights