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Thousands of people, between 20,000 and 25,000 according to the organization , have taken the streets and the dock of Foz (Lugo) this Sunday morning to demand a solution that allows maintaining "100%" of production and jobs from the Alcoa-San Cibrao factory in Cervo.

The concentration has started around 11.00 am and has had a massive influx, similar to the protests that workers have held since May 28, when the company announced the dismissal of 534 employees of its aluminum plant . " The problem is still in the same place . We need 100% jobs, 100% of production to be secured. We should not stop the tanks, because they would kill the heart of the factory," he explains to Europe. Press the president of the San Cibrao works council, José Antonio Zan.

The protests this Sunday have not only counted with workers dressed in the suits of the Cervo plant, but also with thousands of people from the region who, mostly protected by masks, have joined the A Rapadoira area in defense of employment.

At the start of the mobilization, four plant operators have started a march towards the dock while carrying a cardboard coffin to symbolize the death and burial of the region. Already at sea, near the port, a dozen speedboats were transporting Alcoa workers holding banners and lighted flares.

A "success" call

Surprised by the "success" of the call, the president of the San Cibrao works committee considers it essential "that the tanks not stop", for which he proposes that the central government carry out "a two-year intervention" , linked to a "stable" energy plan that ensures its viability.

"It 's very simple. The European Union allows for companies not listed on the stock exchange, assistance up to seven years and up to six which itself listed. We do not even ask that, we believe that a year or two comes , " says Jose Antonio Zan, speaking to Europa Press.

And it is that "the question", he continues, is "to give a margin of time to put a stable energy price" that allows Alcoa "to compete with the rest of the countries of Europe" while the Government can "maintain a certain percentage of the shares "of the company to enter the Board of Directors and" give their opinion "on the investments to be made.

After the massive concentration that the municipality of Foz has taken, the president of the company committee announces that they will continue with the protests, sometimes "spontaneous", to prevent more than fifty families from being affected by the closure of the only plant of primary aluminum from Spain. The protest this Sunday has had the presence, as a sign of support, of the PPdeG general secretary, Miguel Tellado, and the spokesman for the Galicia coalition in Common-Anova Mareas, Antón Gómez-Reino, in addition to other political leaders of the region and province.

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