Pepe Álvarez: “No es una huelga clásica”; Unai Sordo: “La chispa es Maricarmen”
Los secretarios generales de UGT y CC OO confían en que los trabajadores propietarios secunden el paro general porque la crisis de la vivienda “también afecta a sus hijos”
Pepe Álvarez and Unai Sordo, leaders of major Spanish trade unions CC OO and UGT, have announced their first nationwide strike on November 11th. The decision comes amid the unprecedented wave of protests sparked by Spain's housing crisis. The unions, along with the Sindicato de Inquilinas and other leftist-affiliated unions, are calling on workers to mobilize over the issue of accessing housing, a demand far removed from traditional labor disputes.
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the two leaders spoke about their motivation for this unprecedented move hours before the tragic death of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old woman whose eviction in Madrid has ignited the social mobilization.
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