The general strike of last 11 November recorded support ranging from 25.4% to 95% depending on the line of activity, according to the figures released by UGT.
Among the areas with the highest involvement, the union highlights the food industry, in particular the meat sector, where attendance reached 95%. Next came the ports, private security, and automotive, with 90% participation in each case.
UGT also highlights rail transport and communications, both with 85% attendance, as well as the collection of solid urban waste, which reached 82%. In the steel and metalworking industry, support was 80%, while in the chemical-textile industry and the leather sector it stood at 75%.
As for the rest of the activities, the union indicates that air transport reached 70% participation. The energy, construction, and mining sectors remained at 65%, hospitality and tourism at 61.9%, and retail trade at 60%.
Within public services, education recorded 50% attendance, while healthcare and social healthcare services reached 38%. In public administrations, the figures were 35.54% in the local Administration, 34.2% in the regional one, and 31% in the General State Administration.
In the financial sector, insurance and offices reached 50.09% participation, compared with the 25.4% recorded in banking. The postal sector, for its part, recorded 35.04% attendance.
UGT has highlighted that the day ended with demonstrations that brought together “millions of working people” across the country, something, according to the union, that “demonstrates citizens’ support for the general strike”.