Occasion
World Consumer Day on Friday 15 March, the Association of Housewives, Consumers and Users of Cartagena, together with the Federation THADERCONSUMO, installed in Plaza Juan XXIII of the city an informational booth.
The objective of this initiative is to bring consumers the ways and information campaigns that take place throughout the year in defense of their rights. Consumer Councilman, Alonso Gomez attend at 11.00 hours at the place where they are installed these information tables.
Entitled, A street, from 10.00 until 13.30 hours, a group of volunteers and Technical Consumer group distributed among the citizens who come to stand brochures, and miscellaneous dícticos on Consumer Protection prepared by the confederation CEACCU (Spanish Confederation of Housewives, Consumers and Users).
Furthermore, in the afternoon, from 17.00 to 19.30 hours, students Formative Cycle Customer Service Institute Carlos III Cartagena (only in the region of Murcia this cycle imparting vocational training, and has signed a collaboration agreement with the Association), distributed among the attendees all documentation prepared by them.
It was in 1983 when the UN set in the calendar on March 15 as World Consumer Rights.'s Proclamation of this celebration is: Being consumer, by definition, include us all.
We are the largest economic group in the market, affecting and affected by almost every public economic decisions, but it is the only important group whose views are often not heard.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena