Jordi Bonet Martí works in the Education Department at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain). He has written various articles on civic participation, social movements and urban regeneration in Spain.
On September 15 in Madrid, over one hundred thousand people answered the unions’ call to demand a referendum on austerity. In both its aims and its format, this action confirmed that the trade unions have been influenced by the 15M movement.