Electricity demand drops almost 10% at the start of the strike, "well below the 14% of the last one"

The general strike called by CC OO and UGT, together with other unions and social organizations such as the Tenants' Union, has been noted to different degrees and with different effects by areas and sectors of the country, with symptoms such as a decrease in electricity consumption of almost 10% compared to the usual parameters for this date and with delays and cancellations in public transport.

Specifically, as reported by CC OO, the demand for electrical energy has fallen by 9.7% in the first hours of the general strike compared to the same period last Tuesday.

Regarding this figure, the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, has assured during an interview on the Ana Rosa program, on Tele 5, that the drop in electricity demand is "well below the 14% of the last general strike" 14 years ago and has described the present call as a "political and official strike" due to the call that the Government has made for it.

According to a joint statement from the majority unions, the first work shifts have registered a "broad follow-up" of this Wednesday's general strike, with "important strikes in strategic sectors."

Specifically, CCOO and UGT have estimated the monitoring of the strike in the automotive sector at 90%, registering "total production stoppages" in plants of large companies such as Volkswagen Navarra and Seat Barcelona. They have also estimated the monitoring of activity in the ports of Algeciras and Valencia at 90%.

85% participation in the food industry

According to the unions, the food industry - specifically in the meat sector - has a participation of 85%, while they quantify the monitoring in the garbage collection service at 82% and at 75% in the energy sector.

Below these records are the socio-health services, where CC OO and UGT account for 38% monitoring and compliance with the established minimum services. For its part, in the postal sector the figure stood at 35.04% in the first hours of the strike, according to union data.