Three Spanish truckers unions this morning dismissed a government aid package and joined a spontaneous one-week strike against rising fuel prices that is likely to aggravate a shortage of food products in supermarkets across the country.
The three truckers unions opted to join the strike after they decided a 500 million euro ($550.45 million) government support package offered on Monday was vague and not enough to compensate for the soaring price of diesel.
High energy costs, exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have compounded general price increases, threatening to slow the post-pandemic economic recovery and generating social discontent in many countries.
The government plan scheduled to be approved on March 29 "doesn't specify what it will comprise, how it will work and, more importantly, how much aid each trucker would get," the three unions said in a joint statement.
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This was something that the Gov was definitely not thinking was gonna happen well this is gonna require some real smooth talking from Sanchez actually I feel sorry for the bloke like having a Bad time in office Clinton Obama only good times Sunday Oval Office Tony Blair Starway to heaven but now people we are trying to save the earth and there's a war and there's covid and everything is expensive what a NIGHTMARE !