Details Announced of Next Week's Public Sector Strike
The transport ministry ordered 75% of Cercanías trains to run at peak times as unions pressed for higher pay and housing measures.
- 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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SEMAF's next strike day will be Thursday, November 12, and tomorrow there is a general strike called in Spain.
A general strike, which will take 24 hours, in the interval 00:00-24:00, is announced in Spain for Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has transmitted. The cited source has issued a travel alert in this regard, drawing attention to the possibility of disruptions of public and rail transport, air transport and airport services, as well as ...
Germany is the European economy that would suffer the biggest financial losses from a day of strikes, with around 2.5 billion euros, according to a comparison published by Euronews. It is followed by France and Italy, while Spain would lose around 930 million euros. The comparison comes on the eve of a 24-hour general strike in Spain, called by the country's two largest unions, Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), f…
The eve of the first joint general strike in Spain since 2012: Euronews compares the cost of a day of paralysis to European economies
Half of them consider that this is a justified unemployment, and most of them think that it should have been called up earlier.
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