Two strikers were arrested at a protest in Pamplona and a picket in Zamudio

Two people were arrested this morning in the early hours of the General Strike, one at a protest in Pamplona and the other at a picket at a roundabout between Zamudio and Derio.

The first of the arrests took place around 7:45 a.m., during a sit-down in front of the Caixabank bank on Carlos III Avenue in Pamplona/Iruña, convened by the LAB union.

The National Trade Union reports that the police have violently mobilized the strikers. At the beginning of the protest, it was reported that the aim was to denounce speculationby the banking sector about housing.

The pickets carried out by strikers in the Foral Community of Navarre have caused traffic nuisancein the vicinity of Pamplona/Iruña, with the burning of containers in the area of Mendillorri and punctual cuts in the N-121-A between Lesaka and Elizondo, according to the Foral Police.

Zamudio detainee, hospitalized

On theother hand, at the entrance to the Zamudio Technology Park picket informer  has been made and, according to the CC OO union, one of its representatives has been injured by a driver, so he has been arrested by the Ertzaintza when he protested. 

CC. OO. has claimed that the trade union action was being "peaceful" and strictly informative, and has explained that a driver has been angry at having to slow down and has attacked the union member with his vehicle, who "complained" and then theErtzainas "rushed at him, threw him on the ground, handcuffed him and arrested him."

The trade union delegate has been taken to Cruces hospital, where he is being held, while a lawyer accompanied him to the Bilbao Police Station to find out what he is charged with. 

The union has denounced that the Ertzaintza has been acting "disproportionately" against pickets since early morning. They have claimed that in Vitoria-Gasteiz they have also charged a picket, "using violence that is totally out of place" by "pushing and beating" strikers.