Spain Braces for Chaos Next Week with General Strike Set to Hit Trains, Metros and Schools - What You Need to Know
The 24-hour walkout is set to disrupt transport and schools as unions press demands for affordable housing, higher wages and better working conditions.
- 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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Urgent travel alert as nationwide strike threatens widespread disruption and delays - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Travelers heading to Spain this coming week are being urged to check flight and train plans ahead of a 24-hour nationwide strike. Spain’s two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, have called a 24-hour nationwide strike for Nov. 11 over the housing crisis, The Independent reported. The U.S. [...]
Unions called for a 24-hour general strike in Spain for November 11
They sign the manifesto 'El 11N, la cultura también para' in which they claim a "stable housing, with indefinite contracts, limit to rents in stressed areas and the end of evictions" Read
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The filmmakers Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Laura Hojman, the actor and writer Carlos Bardem, the writer Alana S. Portero, the philosopher Paul B. Preciado or the musician Nacho Vegas are some of the more than 800 personalities of the world of culture who have signed a manifesto of adherence and support to the general strike of November 11.
More than 800 cultural personalities support the 11N general strike
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