Spain Faces 24-Hour General Strike Over Housing Crisis
Spain’s biggest unions say the 24-hour walkout will disrupt transport, schools and healthcare as early turnout reaches 90% in some sectors, officials said.
- Spain's two largest trade unions, UGT and CCOO, have called a nationwide 24-hour general strike for Wednesday November 11 to protest the country's severe housing crisis.
- Public outrage over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, who had lived in her home for seven decades, exposed mounting pressure on long-term tenants amid soaring rents and gentrification.
- Widespread travel disruption is expected across Spain, potentially impacting flights, trains, and schools; this marks the first joint action by UGT and CCOO in 14 years.
- While employers must maintain minimum service levels, participation is a fundamental right; workers face salary deductions, yet according to CCOO, the "company is prohibited from monitoring your activity on that day."
- Union leaders scheduled the walkout for Wednesday November 11, occurring just two days before the official start of the election campaign, to avoid potential legal challenges as the electoral process formally begins.
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The trade unions call on the Spanish to stop working on Wednesday in order to demand measures in the face of the upsurge of rents and the deterioration of purchasing power, a movement which takes place less than three weeks from the early legislatures.
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The mobilization has an unusual origin: it did not start from the major trade unions or from a specific labour conflict, but from a social movement against the housing crisis, which eventually won the support of the trade unions.
Two weeks before the new election, the first general strike in 14 years paralyzes the country. The rage about rising rents and forced evictions drives people to the streets.
Spain: Housing crisis prompts general strike
Workers across Spain gathered en mass on Wednesday, marching and setting up picket lines despite stormy weather in many areas of the country. This is the first general strike in Spain in 14 years, amid a worsening cost of living and lack of housing crisis that has left many unable to support themselves. Symbolized by the eviction and death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal in Madrid earlier this year, the crisis has also prompted a snap election…
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With the support of the country's largest unions, Spanish workers are striking against rising housing prices.
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