General strike in Spain against war

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday April 01, 2003 14:07 by Andrew

The CGT (an anarcho-syndicalist union in Spain with around 45,000 members) has called a general strike against the war for April 10th. It's calling on other unions to join the strike. Because unionisation levels are very low in Spain it is quite normal for several times the number of unions members to actually participate in such strikes.

In its national plenary today, 28th March, the ConfederaciÛn
General del Trabajo (CGT) decided to call a 24-HOUR GENERAL
STRIKE on the 10th April next to protest the present
government's policies in favour of the war and against the
socio-economic consequences which this participation brings.

The CGT has decided to call this 24-hour strike as a result of
the opposition of the many social and workers' collectives and
platforms, and in order to give an adequate reply to the
government's policies which is so damaging for the whole working
class.

The CGT calls on all union organizations and social movements
who are against the war to support this 24-hour strike.

The CGT will call a meeting next week of all unions,
collectives, associations and organizations which are opposed to
the war in order that we may work together and, if possible,
produce a single manifesto. Those wishing to join the call for
the strike or request further information can do so by
contacting guerrano@huelgageneral.info

Madrid, 28th Marzo 2003.