Women strike in Barcelona for fair pay, migrant justice, and more

The degradation of women’s labor and social standing is a global feature of capitalism. In Barcelona, Catalonia, 60,000 women took to the streets for a one-day general strike called by Spanish union CGT on International Women’s Day, March 8. Women workers united across sectors to demand fair pay, an end to workplace discrimination, and migrant justice—particularly for the case of Spain’s domestic workers, more than half of whom are migrant women. In the latest installment of Workers of the World, Sato Díaz and María Artigas report from the streets of Barcelona. This video is part of a special Workers of the World series on the cost of living crisis in Europe. Producers: Sato Díaz and María Artigas Videographer and editor: María Artigas Translator and narrator: Marina Céspedes This story, with the support of the Bertha Foundation, is part of The Real News Network’s ’Workers of the World’ series, telling the stories of workers around the glob