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| Protesters from Spain's M15 movement march for economic policy change. Photo Credit: Peter Scholz / Shutterstock.com |
Last Thursday, people across Spain
made a show of force in a general strike, at a scale ranging from the
government estimate of 800,000 to the 4 million claimed by the unions.
It was timed to challenge new reforms that are expected to make it
easier for employers to fire workers, dealing a blow to organized labor.
The
15M movement, which began with occupations in the central squares of
cities around the country last year, played an important role in the
strike’s success. Despite ongoing conflicts between the largest unions
and 15M, several weeks ago the movement’s key organizations — including
neighborhood assemblies, Democracia Real Ya, Yo No Pago and the Platform of People Affected by the Mortgage (PAH) — announced their support for the general strike and started working to make it a success. READ MORE
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