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03.59 - Spain Today: 11 November general strike, multi-flat landlords' rents, chlamydia rise and Patti Smith in Oviedo
🇪🇸 Spain Today News Summary: 23 October 2026
2. Landlords with more flats charge higher rents
Spain's main employers' group, CEOE, has dropped its plan to challenge in court the general strike called by the unions for 11 November. It says businesses are paying for a protest about something that is not their responsibility, housing, and hopes the day will be peaceful, with guaranteed minimum services. The leaders of the two biggest unions, CCOO and UGT, call it an unusual strike: the main demand is affordable housing and the second is higher wages, and they say success will depend on massive…
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