MadridUnions say 90% of port and auto workers struck.
Spain’s first general strike in 14 years targets rents, not wages.
The average rent of €1,176 equals 98.7% of a young person’s monthly salary, the Youth Council says.
Police confirmed an arrest at Madrid’s Mercamadrid market but not the pepper spray unions say sent 13 people to medics.
Spain votes on 29 November after parliament rejected Sánchez’s eviction and rent decrees.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Deutsche Welle
- sets the strike against the 'rentier minority' framing and the 750,000-home deficit, tying it to the Madrid eviction of Maricarmen Abascal
- NBC News
- notes the strike is jointly backed by UGT and CCOO and reports the €1,176 average rent equals 98.7% of a young worker's salary
- Al Jazeera Online
- emphasises the unions' 'wages, housing, prices' slogan and that the last joint general strike was in 2012 during austerity
- South China Morning Post
- links the strike to the euro zone's fourth-largest economy, noting factory slowdowns and a month-long Madrid teachers' strike, and warns the election could bring the far right to power
Sources: Deutsche Welle, NBC News, Al Jazeera Online, South China Morning Post