In recent days, more organizations have joined the paralysis of activities, which are expected to be very wide, because they have already announced their participation from large port, mining, transport and other productive sectors unions, to social organizations and neighborhoods in numerous municipalities of the country.
The organizing committee of the strike announced that protest actions will begin at 11.00 local time in the main squares of all cities, and in this capital the center will be the Plaza Baquedano, already referred to by many as Plaza de la Dignidad, epicenter of huge demonstrations since last October 18.
Likewise, the call for unemployment urged the population not to go to work centers or be late, refrain from sending children to classes, not making purchases or paperwork in banking activities. The day before, at a press conference at the headquarters of the Unitary Central of Workers, the National Confederation of Transportation Manuel Bustos Huerta, which represents more than 4,500 employees of public transport in the capital announced its support for the strike.
The same was expressed by the Confederation of Airport Transport Workers, which called its members to make a great march, while the Federation of Bus and Truck Drivers of Chile explained that since last week its affiliates agreed to join the strike on Tuesday.
Horacio Fuentes, president of the Confederation of Metallurgical Workers (Constramet) and member of the Strike Committee, said that the National Unemployment is the response to repression and the lack of coherent proposals from the government to the demands expressed by Chileans in the streets.
Alejandro Lilis, of the Chilean Ports Union, also called on the whole society, to join in order to make the changes that the country needs a reality, while Richard Aranguiz, spokesman for the Mining Union, urged to continue the demonstrations because - He said - the Constituent Assembly will not come alone, it will come because we are going to push it all together. '
Yesterday the education workers, headed by the College of Teachers and other unions in the sector, made a national strike, as before that of Tuesday, which they also expressed their adhesion.
For days, numerous State entities such as the Internal Revenue Service and municipal offices are paying very limited attention to the public for continued stoppages of trade union organizations in these areas, which will also add to the general strike on this day.
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