2019 Catalan general strike

Demonstrations

The 2019 Catalan general strike, also known as 18-O, was a general strike held by Catalan separatists on 18 October 2019, on the fifth night of the 2019 protests following the verdict against Catalonia independence leaders for their participation in a referendum on independence two years earlier.

Strikes for political reasons are not allowed by Spanish law.[1] The main labor unions in the country, UGT and CCOO, did not participate.[2]

  1. ^ "¿Es ilegal la huelga general de hoy en Cataluña? Qué dice la ley sobre los paros "políticos"" (in Spanish). Magnet. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "CCOO y UGT se desmarcan de la huelga de los sindicatos catalanes en la semana del 'procés'". Expansión (in Spanish). Servimedia. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.