The keys: a century later, housing prices again spark a strike
Encouraging growth based on increasing the population without attending to their needs is bread for today and hunger for tomorrow.
A general strike is planned for November 11 in protest of housing prices. This comes as a repeat of a 1931 rent strike in Barcelona, which was sparked by a surge in immigrants and a housing shortage following the 1929 International Exposition. The current strike, called by unions, does not involve refusing to pay rent. Meanwhile, Spanish union Fetico has denounced the sectoral agreement affecting large retailers such as El Corte Inglés, Ikea, and Carrefour, in order to negotiate a new framework with the Anged association.
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