This Wednesday, November 11, due to the general strike, a picket line interrupted the live broadcast of Gemma Nierga's program, Cafè d’idees, on TVE in Barcelona. The journalist began the recording explaining that the program had prepared "a special broadcast" to cover the general strike but that "they have not been able to do their job" due to the entry of a group of protesters.
"We cannot broadcast the program because a group of protesters has entered the set as part of the 11N general strike," Nierga said. Along these lines, she continued to claim: "Journalists are considered an essential service, but today we cannot do our job."
🔴 No podem emetre el programa perquè un grup de manifestants ha entrat al plató en el marc de la vaga general de l'#11N Els periodistes som considerats servei essencial, però avui no podem fer la nostra feina 📲 https://t.co/evDRSEWz0U https://t.co/Mfqjj25gAV
— Cafè d'idees (@cafedidees_rtve) November 11, 2026
General strike registers "uneven" turnout
The deputy general secretary of the Internal Area of UGT, Rafael Espartero, indicated this Wednesday that the general strike is registering an "uneven" turnout, 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 turnout data until 7:00 a.m., once the night shift had ended, Espartero explained that the impact of the call is being uneven, with greater implementation in coastal areas and less 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 turnout data in areas such as commerce, the public sector, and education, in an update that will complete the morning's balance.
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 turnout 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 to be disproportionate and impeding the right to strike.
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