Why I am on strike
Are you closer to those who do odd jobs in B or to the real estate sharks?
A woman's experience during a nationwide power outage coincided with her moving day. She had hired migrant workers to help with the move, who had to manually transport her belongings. The outage affected her entire neighborhood, but a nearby specialty coffee shop, run by migrants, had regained power and offered charging stations to those in need.
The woman felt grateful for the power but also frustrated by her own financial struggles, particularly when she saw the coffee shop's clientele who could afford to pay triple her rent. The next day, her landlord contacted her about needed repairs, threatening to deduct from her deposit.
Written by urgent.news from El Pais's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
