Spain’s 11 November General Strike Is Now Official
Spain's unions have formally registered a general strike for Wednesday 11 November. Minimum services aren't published yet, so transport plans for that day are uncertain.
Clients travelling in Spain on Wednesday 11 November should plan for disruption. The general strike is now formally on the books.
UGT says it registered the strike call at Spain’s Ministry of Labour on 19 October. It did so together with CCOO, CGT, CNT, Co.Bas, Intersindical, the actors’ union (Unión de Actores y Actrices), Solidaridad Obrera and the tenants’ union confederation (Confederación de Sindicatos de Inquilinas).
What it’s about
The unions want rent controls and more public rental housing, a rise of at least 7% in the minimum wage for 2027, shorter working hours and talks with employers that have been stalled for more than a year. UGT says the strike was being prepared before Spain’s general election was called.
What we don’t know yet
- Minimum services: not yet published. These are what will show how many trains, buses and flights run on the day.
- Hours: neither union’s announcement gives start and finish times.
We’ll update this story when minimum services are announced.
Sources
Jeff Cameron writes about neighbourhoods and the business of travel for Not An Atlas, usually from a desk buried in maps, beside a mug of tea big enough to count as carry-on. His first trip was to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where dipping his feet in the Gulf felt like a major expedition, and he's still chasing that first shock of “the ocean can be warm?” He always takes the window seat (nobody climbs over him to get to the washroom), lands already briefed thanks to an audiobook or two about wherever he's going, and sizes up every city by its first cup of coffee. He'll happily walk 45,000 steps in a day to find the side streets where a place really lives. Kraków, Utrecht and Turin are the underrated favourites he'd go back to tomorrow. Friends say curious, candid and composed. His mom says contrary, and she's probably right. Next stop: anywhere a first-class, round-the-world ticket will take him.
