During Wednesday's Presidency Commission, Barcelona's second deputy mayor, Maria Eugènia Gay, let slip the phrase "In whose hands are our children, truly" with the microphone open. This statement came after the deputy mayor for Presidency and Security, Albert Batlle, lashed out at the municipal union representatives attending the session.

The workers, protesting the management of strikes affecting services such as libraries, social services, and nursery schools, caused a commotion in the room. Albert Batlle warned them: "You can do whatever you want on the steps of municipal buildings, but not here. Leave the room, or we will not continue the commission." The tension culminated with the expulsion of one person from the room by the Commission's president.

Maria Eugènia Gay's remark was interpreted as an implicit reference to the staff of nursery schools, social services, and libraries, spaces where children receive municipal services.

This situation arises after Junts, BComú, and ERC forced the convocation of an extraordinary plenary session on municipal strikes, scheduled for May 29th. The protest is triggered by the new collective agreement, which establishes a 35-hour work week but is not being implemented across the entire council. While majority unions like CSIF, UGT, and CCOO signed the agreement, CGT and Intersindical reject it, denouncing precarious working conditions, loss of rights, and workload overload, particularly in Social Services, where 80% of the staff are women.