# LIVE: Millions of Spaniards hold first general strike in 14 years over housing

https://mins.news/en/video/139614

- Reuters, 2026-11-11 20:42 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO8gfkAh8xI

> Unions said about four million Spanish workers joined a general strike, setting up picket lines despite stormy weather to protest the housing affordability crisis. Backed by the country’s two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, it was the first general strike since 2012.

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