The unions finalize the general strike for housing for November 11, on the verge of the start of the electoral campaign

The general strike for housing already has a date on the table: November 11. Just two days before the start of the electoral campaign, the country's two largest unions, CCOO and UGT, will hold a 24-hour strike together with the Tenants' Union and other less representative union organizations, such as CGT or the regional CIG, ELA or LAB.

It is the date that is currently being assessed as the most probable, according to union sources telling EL MUNDO. From the Tenants' Union, however, they clarify that this is the day proposed by the Confederation of Tenants' Unions (CSI) and the specific date will be finalized in a meeting that will take place this afternoon.

If it were finally held on Wednesday, November 11, the general strike would take place just two days before the start of the electoral campaign, set for the 13th. It would be an unprecedented situation in democracy. As this media has learned, the unions would be assessing this date as the most likely, always with the aim of holding the strike before the general election campaign to prevent the call from being challenged before the Central Electoral Board.

CCOO and UGT do not confirm the date at this time and refer to the statement that they will issue at the end of this afternoon's joint meeting with the Tenants' Union. However, sources from both centers consulted by this media do admit that November 11 "is the most likely date" to hold this 24-hour general strike "to demand decent wages to access decent housing."

The union centers have been very careful these days to measure the legal fit to guarantee the legality of the strike, since the CEOE has warned that the call does not respond to a claim that has its origin in a labor dispute and has questioned its legality. In fact, Royal Decree-Law 17/1977, of March 4, on labor relations establishes that a strike is illegal "when it is started or sustained for political reasons or for any other purpose unrelated to the professional interest of the affected workers."