Four million Spanish workers joined Wednesday’s general strike over the housing crisis, unions said, less than three weeks before the snap election. It was Spain’s first nationwide walkout since 2012. CNN’s Pau Mosquera reports from Madrid.
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Four million Spanish workers joined Wednesday’s general strike over the housing crisis, unions said, less than three weeks before a snap election.
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