Barcelona. Clashes have occurred between masked groups and police in Barcelona after Spain called its first general strike in 14 years against the housing crisis and rising inflation. Tension aros...
Barcelona. Clashes have occurred between masked groups and police in Barcelona after Spain called its first general strike in 14 years against the housing crisis and rising inflation.
Tension arose after tens of thousands of people participated in the strike called by the country's main labor unions.
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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.
It is the first general strike in Spain since 2012, and comes as voter anger grows over rising rents and evictions.
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.
Spanish parliament passes new laws limiting evictions but their duration depends on the upcoming snap election outcome.
The general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power took place just weeks before an early general election.
The day of mass rallies in every major Spanish city called for action on salaries, housing and prices ahead of the country’s general election on November 29.
