La huelga general culmina la escalada de la conflictividad laboral: casi el doble de paros en ocho meses que en todo 2025
La estadística oficial registra 1,37 millones de jornadas perdidas hasta agosto, por 383.000 en el mismo periodo del año pasado. Los sindicatos lo relacionan con la ausencia de un pacto nacional de convenios
In Spain, nearly 20 million employees were called upon to strike on November 11th by unions via a nationwide general strike, the first supported by major unions in 14 years. However, this day of protest was not the first for many workers who had already been striking against their employers. Data from the Ministry of Labor shows a rise in labor conflict in 2026: from January to August there were 1.37 million days of work lost due to strikes, involving 579,000 people affiliated with the Social Security system.
That same period in 2025 saw only 382,700 days lost and 167,300 participants, a significant decrease. In fact, the figure for this year is already nearly double that of the entire previous year, with just four months left. The unions link this surge in conflict to specific disputes such as those in early childhood education and healthcare, but they also identify a broader cause: the lack of a national agreement on collective bargaining contracts, which expired at the end of 2025, leading to a rise in conflict.
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