Who are the people with orange vests? This is how the Union of Tenants works, which is leading the Sol encampment
The organization was born in 2017 and in nine years it has gone from less than 100 members in the capital to around 3,000. Most of its income comes from members' fees and the rest from donations and collaborations.
The question "Who are those in the orange vests?" arises when discussing the Occupy Sol encampment in Madrid's Puerta del Sol. The Sindicato de Inquilinas, or Union of Tenants, leads this massive encampment of thousands of people sleeping in hundreds of tents. The orange vest color is the emblem of this union, which has been the focal point of media attention for five days since they transformed a protest against evicting Maricarmen into a camp, reminiscent of the 15M movement.
The phrase "We are going to organize" was spoken on their first night, echoing a similar sentiment from nine years ago when a handful of people gathered in small offices in Madrid and Barcelona to introduce a platform that now spearheads the fight for housing rights in Spain.
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