Spanish unions call general strike over housing before snap election

The general strike is the first to be jointly backed by Spain’s two largest unions ‌in 14 years.Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026Trade unions in Spain have announced a nationwide general ⁠strike over housing issues for November 11, a few weeks before a snap election in which rising rents and evictions have become major campaign ⁠topics.The country’s two largest unions, the Workers’ General Union (UGT) and Workers’ Commissions (CCOO), said the planned date still needs to be ratified by other unions in a meeting later on Wednesday. It will be the first general strike jointly backed by Spain’s two largest unions ‌in 14 years.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Spain protests: Evicted 87-year-old woman to return to Madrid homelist 2 of 3Is Spain’s anti-eviction decree a fix for its housing crisis?list 3 of 3Spain’s parliament rejects gov’t housing decrees amid mass protestsend of list“We cannot ignore the fact that housing is where most of our wages go. What is the point of raising ‌the ‌minimum wage if housing costs are rising three, four or five times faster?” Madrid Tenants’ Union spokesperson Valeria Racu said.Spain has a deficit of about 750,000 homes, which is set to gr...