Pickets, barricades, blockades... Images of the general strike in Spain

The general strike called this November 11 for housing and decent wages left scenes of mobilization in various parts of the country with incidents from the first hour. Information pickets, concentrations in logistics and industrial centers, protests in wholesale markets and marches in front of transportation infrastructures mark a day with unequal monitoring depending on the territories and sectors. This gallery includes some of the most outstanding images of the first hours of the strike in different autonomous communities.

Protests in Pamplona

Several police officers try to prevent the protest carried out in Pamplona, during an information picket.

They cut the broadcast of Gemma Nierga's program 'El Cafè d'Idees'

A forty of hooded men broke into the sets of RTVE de Catalunya this Wednesday, where the news program 'El Cafè d'Idees' directed by journalist Gemma Nierga is broadcast. The program had to start at 08:00, but the broadcast could not start due to the irruption of the protesters.

Pickets at the Entrevías EMT garage

Police cuts in front of the information pickets in the Entrevías EMT garage.

Tire barricades on the roads

The information pickets deployed by the main unions calling for the general strike, CCOO and UGT de Catalunya, and also CGT, have begun to cut roads in various parts of Catalonia, such as the A-2 or the Ronda Litoral (in the image), and to block access to industrial estates and strategic centers such as Mercabarna or the Free Trade Zone.

Protests in Galicia

In the image, information pickets at the doors of the Cuatro Caminos shopping center.

Cuts on the A-2 and Ronda Litoral and block centers such as Mercabarna

The information pickets deployed by the main unions calling for the general strike, CCOO and UGT de Catalunya, and also CGT, have begun to cut roads in various parts of Catalonia, such as the A-2 or the Ronda Litoral (in the image), and to block access to industrial estates and strategic centers such as Mercabarna or the Free Trade Zone.

General Strike in Teruel

Information picket by CNT bike through the streets of the center of Teruel, this Wednesday, during the general strike called by the unions.

Blocking the entrance to Sants station

Dozens of people at an information picket that has cut off travelers' access to Sants Station

Incidents in Mercamadrid

The Police remove striking workers to let the trucks enter the entrance to Mercamadrid.

General strike in Valladolid

An information picket runs through the streets of Valladolid on the day of the general strike called this Wednesday by the unions in defense of decent wages, the right to housing and quality public services, in the face of the rising cost of life.

Police charges in Madrid, in the EMT garages

The National Police of Spain clash with protesters during a general strike this Wednesday, in the garages of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) in Fuencarral, Madrid (Spain).

Information pickets at the Valencia EMT

Information pickets at the entrance of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) in Valencia, with police presence

Cuts on the M-30 in Madrid

Information pickets cut off the M-30 in Madrid, this Wednesday, during the general strike called by the unions.