Solidarity for the Spanish General Strike on the 11thNovember.
The Industrial Workers of the World (WISE-RA) expresses our full solidarity to the Spanish Unions pursuing a General Strike, beginning on the 11th November, in response to the severe housing crisis and stagnant wages.
For the first time in 14 years, the Confederation of of Tenants Unions (Confederación de Sindicatos de Inquilinas e Inquilinos), Spain' s ONO biggest Trade Unions (CCOO (Comisiones Obreras / Workers' Commissions) and IJGT (Union General de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores/General Workers' Union) and our comrades the CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo) among others have joined a cross-union coalition against the following crises:
1). The September 2026 eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Madrid
tenant who passed away shortly after being removed from her home of seven decades.
2). In October 2026, the Cross-Union Coalition urged the Spanish Government to
introduce eviction protections, rent regulations and to extend expiring tenancy
agreements. In response, right wing lawmakers have struck down parts of the
proposals, only justifying the rage of the Spanish Working Class, through their Unions,
to initiate preparations for a General Strike.
The IWW extends our love and solidarity with the family of Maricarmen Abascal, and to other Fellow Workers who have fallen victim to the predatory, exploitative Housing system in Spain. Moreover, we also share in the statements of our Comrades at the CNT, who state that this General Strike is to "obtain advanced reforms in favour of the working class regarding the housing problem".
As a fellow sister union within the International Confederation of Labour (ICL-CIT), the IWW would like to express the same wish for such a goal to be realised to the fullest. To not only end the predatory practices in the Spanish System, but also the increase of stagnant wages. Since 2015, rents in Spain have increased 87%, while wages have only increased by 28% - a staggering discrepancy of 59%.
Not only in Spain, but this crisis reflects a wider deepening crisis, a contradiction to be found in Capitalism that squeezes the Working classes across the world into total despair, a Cost of Living crisis that causes innumerable suffering for those who maintain Capitalism with unappreciated, uncompensated Labour, to be crushed by exploitative rents.
The Industrial Workers of the World (WISE-RA) stands against this and stands with
those bringing the fight to it. A spectre is haunting Spain, the spectre of the Working
Class!
We call on members of the IWW, to continue to express our solidarity with our class in the Spanish State to ensure they know that they are not alone in their fight. Solidarity actions are now being scheduled at Spanish Embassies throughout the world to mark the occasion of the General Strike. We call upon workers and the labour movement internationally to attend and express their solidarity.
Industrial Workers of the World (WISE-RA)
Solidarity Actions Listed So Far:
Manchester: 11th November, Spanish Consulat 1800hrs.
Berlin: 11th November, Brandenburg Gate 1800hrs.
More to follow
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