"If housing prices rise twice as fast as wages, we're negotiating for the pockets of rentiers."

Belén López (Les Masies de Voltregà, 1976) meets with the ARA (Argentine Workers' Union) with her suitcase ready to catch the AVE (High-Speed Train) to Girona, after three intense days of congresses during which she was elected the first female general secretary of the CCOO (Working Workers' Union) in Catalonia. She will replace Javier Pacheco at the head of the country's largest union, with nearly 147,000 members.