🇪🇸 Demonstrators took to the streets of major cities across #Spain in the country’s first general strike in more than a decade, calling for measures to tackle the rising cost of living weeks before voters head to the polls. Turnout strongest at ports, auto plants. Unions report early 90% turnout at ports, carmakers. Video footage from the public broadcaster showed protesters blockading roads, setting tyres alight & clashing with police. ——Spain has a deficit of about 750,000 homes, which is set to grow to more than a million by 2028, according to the central bank. Angela de Miguel, vice president of Spain's main business lobby, CEOE, said the strike was counterproductive because small businesses were also affected by the housing crisis, since shortages of homes made recruitment more challenging.Follow main channel -> LiveLeak Follow private channel -> LiveLeak Private
🇪🇸 Demonstrators took to the streets of major cities across #Spain in the country’s first general strike in more than a decade, calling for measures to tackle the rising cost of living weeks before voters head to the polls. Turnout strongest at ports, auto plants. Unions report early 90% turnout at ports, carmakers. Video footage from the public broadcaster showed protesters blockading roads, setting tyres alight & clashing with police. ——Spain has a deficit of about 750,000 homes, which is set to grow to more than a million by 2028, according to the central bank. Angela de Miguel, vice president of Spain's main business lobby, CEOE, said the strike was counterproductive because small businesses were also affected by the housing crisis, since shortages of homes made recruitment more challenging.Follow main channel -> LiveLeak Follow private channel -> LiveLeak Private
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