Politics · Spain · 13 hrs ago
Spanish unions call housing strike for November 11
Spanish unions have registered a general strike for November 11 to protest the housing situation.
The action involves major union groups and the Confederation of Tenants’ Unions, which has helped drive housing protests.
Organizers say high rents and mortgage payments take up much of many people’s wages, while union leaders call housing prices a source of social division.
CEOE, Spain’s main employers’ group, says it will challenge the strike, arguing that its demands are not labour issues and calling it electoral.
The planned court challenge will not automatically stop the strike; the effect depends on whether a judge rules before or after November 11.
The organizers are urging workers and other members of the public to join, and the Tenants’ Union has published practical information online.
The strike is intended to put pressure on political leaders to address housing costs.
Eight unions and workers’ organisations registered a general strike over housing for November 11.
The organisations called on people to stop work to demand action on the housing problem in Spain.
The CEOE employers’ association said it would challenge the strike, arguing that its call included issues that were not labour-related.
Union leaders said high housing costs were putting pressure on people’s incomes and called for public action.
CEOE president Antonio Garamendi said businesses were not responsible for rising housing prices or inflation and urged respect for the right to work.
- Who
- CC OO, UGT, CGT, CNT, the Union of Actors and Actresses, CO.BAS, Intersindical and the Confederation of Tenants’ Unions registered the strike. CEOE president Antonio Garamendi said employers would challenge it.
- What
- A general strike over housing is planned. CEOE said it would contest the call.
- When
- The strike is scheduled for November 11. The unions registered it on October 19, 2026.
- Where
- Spain. The unions registered the strike at the Ministry of Labour.
- Why
- The unions called the strike to demand action on housing and defend the right to housing. CEOE said the strike included matters that were not labour-related.
Housing-strike unions
CEOE
Purpose of the strike
Housing-strike unions
The unions say the strike aims to demand action on the housing problem and defend the right to housing.
CEOE
CEOE says the call includes issues that are not labour-related and describes it as an electoral strike.
Responsibility for housing costs
Housing-strike unions
Union leaders say housing costs place heavy pressure on people’s incomes and call for political action.
CEOE
Garamendi says businesses are not responsible for rising housing prices or inflation and calls for dialogue with employers.
The unions registered the general strike for November 11 at the Ministry of Labour.
CEOE president Antonio Garamendi said employers would challenge the strike.
The housing strike is scheduled to take place.
- Strike date
- November 11
- Registration date
- October 19, 2026
- Registering bodies
- Eight unions and workers’ organisations
- Registration location
- Ministry of Labour, Spain
- Planned challenge
- CEOE will challenge the strike
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What people are saying
This is not the strike of any union. It is a strike of the street, of the people, of the public.
It is a strike that we will challenge because we consider that the call has been mixed with labour issues, but they are not.
The prices of housing are a social fracture.
There is no collective agreement that can withstand the price of housing.