The Spanish Union of Railway Engineers (Semaf) is calling for a three-day strike in February to demand better railway safety measures from the Spanish government after two deadly train accidents this week killed dozens of individuals.
The Spanish news agency Europa Press reports that the upcoming strike is being called for February 9-11 and comes after a deadly train derailment on Sunday left 43 dead and over 150 injured in southern Spain — followed by a second accident hours later in Gelida, near Barcelona, after a wall collapsed as the train was passing, killing the train’s driver and leaving at least 37 injured.
The Spanish newspaper El País identified the dead train driver as a 28 year-old male from Seville.
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In a Wednesday statement, Semaf said it considers
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