Los sindicatos convocan la huelga general para el 11 de noviembre

The national labor strike is scheduled to coincide with the start of the campaign for the general elections on November 29. The next November 11 has been identified by trade unions as the day for the general strike called due to the revocation of housing decrees, which the government has reclaimed to seek its approval in the Permanent Deputation before the dissolved Cortes.

Union sources indicate there will be a meeting in the coming hours to confirm the date definitively and officially, but they assure that it is the most probable date from previous contacts. In any case, regardless of the final confirmation, what is certain is that the labor strike will take place a few days before the general elections on November 29, almost coinciding with the start of the campaign.

With the date chosen, it seems that the controversy over the political nature of the mobilizations may escalate further. Moreover, when business organizations have unanimously rejected the call, asserting that it seeks to inject itself into the political debate and electoral process based on an issue that, furthermore, is the legislative prerogative of the government: the problem of access to housing.

However, the only official announcement so far from the trade unions of the working class, UGT and CCOO, links the strike to the demand for wage increases. A maneuver that, according to jurists, could shield the legality of the call in the event of a possible attempt by business organizations to hinder it before the Justice. It should be noted that CEOE, Cepyme and ATA have already confirmed they will study the petition for the call to analyze if there is any element contrary to the law.

A general strike can be declared illegal when it violates the requirements set by the law, specifically under the causes listed in Royal Decree-Law 17/1977 on labor relations. And this declaration of illegality falls to the judicial courts after analyzing the specific case. Thus, the law establishes that a strike is illegal when it begins or continues for strictly political reasons or for any other purpose that is alien to the professional interest of workers.