Spanish Unions Formally Call for November 11 General Strike

• Major Spanish labor unions and tenants' organizations have officially signed the call for a general strike on November 11.
• The action marks the first general strike in 14 years, focusing on housing policy and wage growth.

Core Demands

• Housing: Supply of one million affordable homes, regulation of speculative investment funds ('vulture funds'), and the creation of large-scale public housing stocks.
• Wages and Labor: Wage increases between 4% and 7%, a 7% rise in the national minimum wage (SMI), and a reduction in working hours.
• Social Protection: Revaluation of pensions and protection of public services.

Participating Organizations

• Confederación de Sindicatos de Inquilinas, CCOO, UGT, CGT, CNT, the Union of Actors and Actresses, CO.BAS, and Intersindical.

Political Objectives

• CCOO Secretary General Unai Sordo described the strike as a "unitary" and "political" effort aimed at shifting the national approach to the housing crisis rather than serving partisan interests.
• Spokesperson for the tenants' unions, Valeria Racu, stated that the goal is to stop profit extraction from basic human needs and improve living conditions for the general population.