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Ten Million Workers Shut Spain Down
"Nearly 70 percent of Spanish workers—10 million—took part in Wednesday’s general strike. In some sectors, such as mining, metal, auto manufacture, electronic, fishing and other industries, participation was nearly 100 percent. The movement also encompassed many self-employed workers and small businesses.
Although the government tried to downplay the effects of the strike, the national grid operator Red Electrica Corp. said that electricity consumption was down by 20 percent.
The strike dealt a blow to business leaders, politicians and the media who claimed it would not be well supported. But without the minimum service levels agreed by the unions, which allowed the government and local authorities to determine how many airplanes, trains and buses had to be provided, the country would have ground to a complete halt."
"Nearly 70 percent of Spanish workers—10 million—took part in Wednesday’s general strike. In some sectors, such as mining, metal, auto manufacture, electronic, fishing and other industries, participation was nearly 100 percent. The movement also encompassed many self-employed workers and small businesses.
Although the government tried to downplay the effects of the strike, the national grid operator Red Electrica Corp. said that electricity consumption was down by 20 percent.
The strike dealt a blow to business leaders, politicians and the media who claimed it would not be well supported. But without the minimum service levels agreed by the unions, which allowed the government and local authorities to determine how many airplanes, trains and buses had to be provided, the country would have ground to a complete halt."
posted by nolocontendere at 3:36 PM
2 Comments:
Untortunately the reality here in Spain is a bit different as is described in that page.
The unions are subsidized by the government. The government should be a left wing one but has realized the most capitalistic measures of last 50 years, so it is all a big theater play.
Nobody out of the industrial areas made the strike, at least in madrid...
If you want my opinion, Zapatero was placed here (remember the 11-M attacks)to have his inefficiency and stuppidiness as an excuse to implement these measures.
Now most of the Spaniards are convinced that the measures are neccesary. It is the perfect hoax!!
Regards from Spain, and sorry for possibly wrong spellings. And congratulations for the blog!!
Mario
Damn Mario, gracias for the clarification. Looks like I should investigate this a lot more, but I was immediately impressed with the effectiveness of social action over there. Apathy, laziness and dimwittedness abound in the US.
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