Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday 15 October, to demand pay and pension increases.

The protesters want inflation-matching increases in salaries and pensions.

Pensioners also came from all over Spain to demand that minimum pensions at least match 60% of the country's minimum wage.

They were also joined by unions, activists and ordinary citizens who marched through the city centre shouting slogans against the government, threatening a general strike, and demanding that public services are not privatised

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Madrid to demand a "real CPI (Consumer Price Index) in salaries and pensions". Pensioners from all over Spain have come to Madrid to rally and demand that the minimum pensions correspond to 60% of the minimum wage.
Pensioners, Unions and citizens have demonstrated through the city center shouting slogans against government, threatening with a general strike, and demanding the non privatization of public services