Barcelona housing march Unions plan general strike

Oct 5

TeleSUR's on-scene Barcelona report covers the October 5 housing march and an organizer estimate of 120,000 after the parliamentary defeat of housing decrees. Margarita, Noah and Enzo describe rents, insecure housing, investment funds and eviction concerns. CCOO and UGT support a planned 24-hour general strike with no date specified. The report describes police charges and clashes and election context; the anchors discuss the protest's aims. Organizer turnout and participant claims remain attributed, and no completed strike or electoral outcome is reported.

CCOO and UGT decide on October 5 to join the tenants' union's proposed general strike, seeking decent wages and access to decent housing. RTVE reports a planned 24-hour stoppage with no disclosed date. Pepe Álvarez says the action should precede the official election campaign, and Unai Sordo calls for a labor dimension to the social mobilization. This is a commitment and plan, not a completed strike. TeleSUR's October 6 on-scene Barcelona account also reports CCOO/UGT support for the proposed 24-hour stoppage as a response to housing conditions and the decree defeat. It discloses no strike date or completed stoppage. RTVE's direct union-leader statements remain the fuller original commitment account.