The protest, which went from the Department of Interior to the Parliament of Catalonia and Sant Jaume Square, was organized by Bombers Precaris en Lluita. Demonstrators demanded "urgent improvements" in their working conditions and denounced an "unsustainable covert professionalization" of their work.
“"We are firefighters without labor rights and are controlled by an application like Glovo riders."
Daniel Sitjà emphasized that the Generalitat refuses to acknowledge that when volunteer firefighters act in an emergency, they are working. This situation means they do not contribute to social security, lack occupational risk prevention, and have no recognition for accidents in the line of duty, despite it being a high-risk activity.
The conflict has reached the courts, with seven of the twelve joint lawsuits filed by Bombers Precaris at the end of 2025 already admitted for processing. The admissions correspond to Lleida (September 25, 2026), Figueres (November 5, 2026), Girona (January 28, 2027), Granollers (October 28, 2026), Mataró (January 27, 2027), Terrassa (October 7, 2026), and Reus (February 18, 2027). In Tortosa, the judge has requested individual lawsuits.
“"Our precariousness is based on the Generalitat's refusal to recognize that, when we go into a fire, we are working."
Sitjà insisted that the solution to the conflict depends exclusively on the "political will" of the Government of the Generalitat, which has the capacity to end this precarious situation whenever it wishes.
