General strike over housing brings out tens of thousands in Spain
Verified: 26 outlets in 17 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 1 of them from Spain.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain on Wednesday during a general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power just weeks before an early general election. Unions reported a significant response in some sectors in Spain's first nationwide 24-hour stoppage since 2012, but business leaders played down the participation. Braving heavy rain, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through central Madrid carrying placards shaped like houses and chanting "We have no home" as they called for more affordable housing. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
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1 outlet from Spain, where the story is: El País · how we count
- Nov 11, 8:27 AM UTCFirst reportWorkers across Spain stage first general strike in 14 years in anger over housingnst.com.my ↗
- Nov 11, 8:43 AM UTC+15 minSpain’s general strike puts housing crisis at centre of upcoming electionsfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 11, 8:55 AM UTC+27 minSpain’s first general strike in 14 years brings clashing social and political desires to the forethehindu.com ↗
- Nov 11, 6:08 PM UTC+10 hFour million stage general strike in Spain over national housing crisisabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 11, 6:40 PM UTC+10 hSpain Grinds To A Halt As Workers Begin General Strike Over Housing Crisissaharareporters.com ↗
- Nov 11, 8:17 PM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisGeneral strike over housing brings out tens of thousands in Spainfrance24.com (again) ↗
- Nov 11, 8:51 PM UTC+12 hHousing protests fill Barcelona and Madrid as Spain’s workers strike ahead of electionthegazette.com ↗
[Claude] Both other reports cover the same Spanish general strike over housing ahead of the November 29 election, and neither contradicts Report 1's facts.
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1h agoGeneral strike over housing brings out tens of thousands in Spain Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain on Wednesday during a general strike over housing affordability and purchasing power just weeks before an early general election. Unions reported a significant response in some sectors in Spain's first nationwide 24-hour stoppage since 2012, but business leaders played down the participation. Braving heavy rain, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through central Madrid carrying placards shaped like houses and chanting "We have no home" as they called for more affordable housing. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
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