60 miners have been walking from the town of Rio Tinto for the past week; staying in sports halls, being fed by friends and volunteers.
Today, they reach their goal, the Andalusian Parliament in Seville, to protest at the unbelievably slow, foot dragging of the Junta de Andalucia, over the re-opening of the mines.
Miners have been locked into the Corte Atalaya pit for weeks now in protest of the lack of jobs in the traditional mining town.
Emed, the international mining company which has taken over the mines have been allowed to languish in spite of huge investment and a willingness to provide many jobs which would kick the local economy into action and give unemployed families, who are many of them living on an economic cliff edge , an opportunity for life and dignity.
The longer the Junta drags its feet, the longer we wonder what is going on in the background....are there economic interests muddying the issue? Does someone, somewhere want a bigger slice of the action?
Why, when a country is crying out for work opportunities, and there is someone prepared to start an important business, is there no positive action taken?
Today, the protesting miners will be demonstrating outside the parliament buildings at 1pm.
If you are in Seville, show up and give them some support, please
Today, they reach their goal, the Andalusian Parliament in Seville, to protest at the unbelievably slow, foot dragging of the Junta de Andalucia, over the re-opening of the mines.
Miners have been locked into the Corte Atalaya pit for weeks now in protest of the lack of jobs in the traditional mining town.
Emed, the international mining company which has taken over the mines have been allowed to languish in spite of huge investment and a willingness to provide many jobs which would kick the local economy into action and give unemployed families, who are many of them living on an economic cliff edge , an opportunity for life and dignity.
The longer the Junta drags its feet, the longer we wonder what is going on in the background....are there economic interests muddying the issue? Does someone, somewhere want a bigger slice of the action?
Why, when a country is crying out for work opportunities, and there is someone prepared to start an important business, is there no positive action taken?
Today, the protesting miners will be demonstrating outside the parliament buildings at 1pm.
If you are in Seville, show up and give them some support, please
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