The UGT and CCOO trade union confederations have highlighted the “broad monitoring” of this Wednesday’s general strike in the first shifts, emphasizing the presence of “major stoppages in strategic sectors”.
In a joint statement, both organizations have explained that the initial data collected show a “significant response from workers in different productive and service sectors”.
In the case of the automotive industry, CCOO and UGT place support for the strike at 90%, with “complete stoppages in production” in plants of large companies such as Volkswagen Navarra and Seat Barcelona.
The unions have also pointed to a 90% monitoring in the activity of the ports of Algeciras and Valencia, which add to the high levels of participation in other branches.
According to their figures, the food industry, especially the meat sector, reaches participation of 85%, while the garbage collection service reaches 82% and the energy sector records 75%.
In the social and healthcare services, CCOO and UGT calculate monitoring of 38% and stress that the established minimum services are being respected.
As for the postal sector, union data indicate monitoring of 35.04% during the first hours of the strike day.
CCOO and UGT have given a favorable assessment of these initial figures, understanding that they reflect a high degree of labor mobilization in this general strike, while awaiting completion of the information with the progress of the day in the rest of the sectors and territories.