Story by Reuters Madrid, Spain (Reuters) — Four million Spanish workers took part in a general strike on Wednesday, unions said, enduring stormy weather to set up picket lines in a protest against the country’s housing affordability crisis less than three weeks before a snap general election.
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Spain’s housing crisis, rising rents and cost-of-living pressures are driving a nationwide general strike and protests, with workers demanding better wages and more affordable housing. The strain reflects deeper problems, including a very small public-rental housing stock and uneven poverty, rather …
Spain will see a general strike on Wednesday, following mass protests around housing. A member of Marxist group Coordinadora Juvenil Socialista discusses how these protests have cohered a militant class-based movement for more sweeping change.
For the first time in 14 years, millions of Spanish workers are striking across the country Wednesday to demand action on a major housing crisis and the rising cost of living. The expected disruptions to public transport and the widespread closure of businesses come less than three weeks before a sn…
Hundreds of thousands of citizens have hit the streets to protest Spain's housing crisis after millions of union workers staged a general strike. The crisis has triggered snap elections to take place on November 29.
Workers across nearly all industries have taken to the picket lines as rents soar and the housing crunch worsens. The crisis is the main political debate ahead of Spain's November 29 elections.
Less than three weeks before a national election that could catapult the far right to power, Spain's workers are striking on Wednesday to demand that the government remedy the nation's housing crisis.
The walkout marks the country’s first general strike in more than a decade, aimed at forcing government action on rising living costs weeks before voters head to the polls
The 24-hour stoppage has drawn high participation across sectors and comes weeks before election in which far right could gain power Millions of people across Spain have joined the country’s first general strike in 14 years, setting up picket lines to protest against soaring housing prices before an…
Workers across Spain shut businesses and disrupted transportation Wednesday in the country’s first general strike in 14 years, demanding action on housing costs ahead of a national election later this month. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation in a protest on Wednesday over housing costs that the government hopes to leverage before a national election later this month. The walkout — under the slogan “Salaries. Housing. Prices.
Spain's first nationwide general strike in 14 years disrupted transport, factories and ports as unions and tenant groups demanded action on soaring rents ahead of November 29 elections.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain on Wednesday during a general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power just weeks before an early general election.
Millions of Spanish workers have shut down businesses and disrupted transportation in a protest over housing costs. The strike on Wednesday was the first general strike in Spain in 14 years. The strike culminated in huge marches of tens of thousands of workers and average citizens marching in downto…
Story by Reuters Madrid, Spain (Reuters) — Four million Spanish workers took part in a general strike on Wednesday, unions said, enduring stormy weather to set up picket lines in a protest against the country’s housing affordability crisis less than three weeks before a snap general election.
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