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Garamendi confirms that CEOE will challenge the general strike for housing and describes it as "electoral"

The business leader believes that the 11-N call “has been filled with labor issues in an attempt to make it legal”, but considers it is not.

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Garamendi confirms that CEOE will challenge the general strike for housing and describes it as "electoral"

CEOE, led by Antonio Garamendi, will challenge the general strike for housing on November 11 in court. This announcement comes after the administrative registration of the strike, which was formalized by the calling unions at the Ministry of Work.

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