Today as March 8 is declared by the UN and the "International Day of the Working Woman" is celebrated. The origin dates back to March 8, 1857 day chosen by the textile workers of New York to demand the improvement of their working conditions and the end of child explotation.

However, the fact that moved society and was key to introducing new safety standards occurred on March 25, 1911, when 123 women died and 23 men burned down a T-shirt factory in which all its doors were closed and blocked with workers. inside to avoid theft.

In Europe as well, at the 2nd international conference of Women in Copenhagen it was decided to proclaim the International Day of Working Women in March.

Being the purple color the representative of the day of the woman.

Today the strike and demonstrations are called by the Commission 8M platform and demonstrations throughout Spain to defend the equality of all women, the end of the wage gap and show the unpaid work and care that women do to the elderly and children. Minimum services are established in air transport, trains and buses.

The 8M commission urges to consume what is not essential.

The collective Galegas8M makes two calls in Vigo: a concentration at 12:00 in the Marco Museum and demonstration at 20:00 h. which part of the Plaza de España. In A Coruña, it leaves the Obelisk at 7:30 p.m. In Lugo at 20:00 h of the Xunta. In Orense at 8:00 p.m. from the Government subdelegation and in Santiago also at 8:00 p.m. from the 8 de Marzo square.