The deputy general secretary of the Internal Area of UGT, Rafael Espartero, indicated this Wednesday that the general strike is registering a "disparate" following, with percentages ranging between 75% in Andalusia and Aragon and 41% in Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha.
In a joint press conference with Comisiones Obreras (CCOO), to offer the first monitoring data until 7:00 a.m., once the night shift was over, Espartero explained that the impact of the call is being uneven, with a greater implementation in coastal areas and a lesser presence inland.
In addition, the unions have reported a 10% reduction in energy consumption, among the first indicators collected on this day of mobilization.
More data at 12:30 p.m.
UGT and CCOO plan to expand the information at 12:30 p.m., when they will offer new monitoring data in areas such as commerce, the public sector, and education, in an update that will complete the morning's balance.
The hospitality sector speaks of normality
For its part, the employers' association Hostelería de España has assured in its first survey of the day that the sector is operating "with great normality" and that the following among its workers is "very low".
The business organization has also requested to guarantee the safety of companies and hospitality establishments, and has appealed for "responsibility and social peace", in full respect of the right to strike for those who decide to support it, "as well as the freedom of those who choose not to support it and go to their workplace".
The TSJM overturns several minimum services in Madrid
Both union representatives have denounced the imposition of "abusive" minimum services by several autonomous communities and have stressed that the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has upheld precautionary measures that have annulled those set by the Community of Madrid in education, justice, and transportation, considering them disproportionate and impeding the right to strike.
Incidents in the first hours of the strike
In relation to the start of the strike, union representatives reported the hit-and-run of members of information pickets by drivers in Galicia and Burgos, incidents that, they specified, did not result in serious injuries.
In addition, they have counted at least two arrests: that of a CCOO transport sector official in Mercamadrid and that of a metal delegate in Zamudio.
More than a dozen injured and use of pepper spray
The organizations have also reported more than a dozen injured, including the Confederal Youth Secretary, who received a blow to the head in Mercamadrid, as well as other people affected by the use of pepper spray to disperse pickets in the Fuencarral depots and in Mercamadrid.
Given these facts, the legal services of both organizations will analyze the videos on the use of pepper spray by riot units in the Community of Madrid, considering it a "disproportionate" method that violates the right to information of the pickets.
Possible complaint for the statements of Isabel Díaz Ayuso
The unions have also announced that they will study whether the statements of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in which she called the organizations "union garbage", are susceptible to a complaint for a possible violation of fundamental rights.
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