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Spain’s Student Walkouts Press for Gaza Ceasefire, Challenge Unions’ Limited Oct. 15 Stoppage

The walkouts aim to force a broader labor shutdown over the war in Gaza.

Estudiantes salen a las calles para mostrar su rechazo contra el genocidio en Gaza y los detenidos en las flotillas
Manifestación a favor del pueblo palestino, en Barcelona, en ocubre de 2024.
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Overview

  • Students across Spain are striking today with noon demonstrations in dozens of cities, including Madrid, Barcelona, Tarragona, Gijón and Oviedo.
  • CCOO and UGT in Castilla-La Mancha have formally registered partial work stoppages for October 15 across all workplaces in the region in three shifts: 10:00–12:00, 17:00–19:00 and 02:00–04:00.
  • Union leaders say the October 15 call is intended to give legal protection for workers to strike and attend assemblies, covering both public and private centers.
  • The Sindicato de Estudiantes condemns the two-hour labor stoppage as insufficient, urges a full general strike on October 15, and plans a second student walkout that day.
  • Local and solidarity actions continue, including a Xàtiva march on October 3 backed by 36 groups and support from participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, with organizers describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.