UGT and CCOO have registered an 11 November general strike in Aragón over stalled collective bargaining and rising housing costs. CGT and other unions have filed a call of their own, with demands including a 30-hour week and a 1500-euro minimum.
Some people are turning down job offers because they cannot find a place to live, says CCOO Aragón secretary general Manuel Pina. On 21 October, UGT Aragón and CCOO Aragón registered a region-wide, 24-hour general strike for 11 November with the Servicio Aragonés de Mediación y Arbitraje (SAMA). The action is being called under the slogan “Salarios, vivienda, precios” (“Wages, housing, prices”) and is intended to cover all of Aragón.
The planned stoppage is meant to put pressure on employers and public authorities. UGT Aragón secretary general José Juan Arceiz said the unions want better pay and stronger workplace protections, alongside measures to address housing costs. He said UGT and CCOO were seeking a united voice on wages, housing and a decent standard of living. The unions also planned rallies. Their locations and format were still being coordinated when the strike was announced.
The cost of housing is also outpacing wage gains.
Arceiz said home prices in Aragón had risen by around 14% over the past year, widening the gap between salaries and rents. He called on administrations to curb rental prices and increase the supply of affordable homes. Pina said collective bargaining alone cannot resolve the housing crisis: wage increases agreed in contracts cannot, by themselves, offset rising costs.
CCOO says it has been urging employer organisations for more than a year to negotiate the Acuerdo para el Empleo y la Negociación Colectiva (AENC), which ended on 31 December 2025. Talks on a successor agreement have not produced a result. Pina said the stalled talks were limiting wage agreements, particularly in sectors and companies where negotiations face greater obstacles. He called for coordinated action by central, regional and local governments, with measures suited to rural areas as well as cities. Europa Press reported that unions linked the strike to rising prices, blocked collective bargaining and growing difficulty accessing affordable housing.
Arceiz also called for stronger workplace risk prevention and an update to legislation on safety and health at work. He said current rules need to address modern occupational risks and prevent further deaths at work.
Other organisations have registered a strike call for the same date: CGT Aragón y La Rioja, CNT, OSTA and Sindicatos de Inquilinas. CUT, Intersindical, SOA, the Asamblea de Inquilinas de Teruel and Vivienda Digna Viello Aragón en el Pirineo are backing the call. National UGT has also named CCOO, CGT, CNT, Co.Bas, Intersindical, Unión de Actores y Actrices and Confederación de Sindicatos de Inquilinas among the organisations supporting the 11 November mobilisation. RUSSPAIN has also reported on the planned royal visit to Ceuta and Melilla.
CGT says its proposed housing measures include reducing prices and protecting tenants from speculation. It has also called for homes held by financial institutions to be expropriated for an accessible public housing stock, and for regulation of seasonal and room rentals. The union wants an immediate halt to evictions of people and families without alternative accommodation. Other unions and housing groups have likewise included ending evictions, expanding affordable housing and curbing speculative rent increases in their demands.
On pay, CGT proposes linking wage rises to actual inflation while accounting for housing costs. Its demands also include a 30-hour working week without a pay cut, plus a minimum salary and pension of 1500 euros. Separately, Tercera Información reported demands from CCOO and other organisers for collective-agreement wage increases of between 4% and 7%, and for a minimum-wage increase of at least 7%, which the publication put at about 18,290 euros a year. These are union demands, not agreed or enacted increases. CGT says it wants the 11 November strike to challenge what it calls governments’ failure to resolve Spain’s housing access crisis.
CEOE Aragón said it intended to challenge the strike in court, describing it as “electoral”. The announced legal challenge reflects the employers’ position. The strike had been registered for 11 November while unions continued coordinating rallies and the wider mobilisation.
