A ‘Hot’ End To The Year In Spain: The Countryside, The Car Industry And Transport On The ‘Warpath’

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The Government of Pedro Sánchez is fa­cing a ‘hot’ end of the year in the face of de­mands being made by eco­nomic sec­tors as im­por­tant to the Spanish eco­nomy as the country­side, the au­to­mo­tive in­dustry and trans­port. They have al­ready an­nounced de­mons­tra­tions in res­ponse to the pro­blems their res­pec­tive ac­ti­vi­ties are going th­rough.

The situation of the sector and the “inaction” of the government have led the CCOO to call for tomorrow, 22 November, a rally in front of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, for which it will bring twenty buses with workers from all the autonomous communities. What the workers are asking the government to do is to act firmly in the face of the changes that are affecting a sector that generates 10% of GDP and more than half a million jobs. While what has been called ‘the perfect storm of the car’ lasts, CCOO is demanding that temporary lay-offs (ERTE) can be activated in those companies that commit to maintaining all jobs.

The countryside is also on a ‘war footing’. The professional agricultural organisations Asaja, COAG and UPA have already announced a “big mobilisations process” at national level, without ruling out “a major demonstration” in Madrid. Although they have not yet given dates, they have advanced that they will be held in many parts of the country during the month of December. And some of them will coincide with those of the hauliers, who have announced a lockout a few days before Christmas.

These mobilisations will be carried out in the face of production costs that have shot up for farmers and stockbreeders to levels “never seen before”. Farmers and stockbreeders denounce the fact that food is becoming more expensive for consumers while they are still not covering their costs. For the moment, these organisations have already launched a national process of mobilisation in the dairy sector to demand fair prices.

The farming organisations have flagged the fact there is a massive closure of dairy farms in Spain, with 6,000 farmers having closed in six years and now just over 11,500 remaining.

The problems in the car industry, the countryside and transport are not the only labour disputes the country is experiencing and will experience in this final stretch of the year. Aside from the government, in the financial sector there are protests against the redundancies announced in institutions such as Banco Sabadell and Unicaja.

Meanwhile, in the industrial sector an indefinite strike has begun this week in the metal industry in the province of Cadiz, which employs more than 20,000 workers.

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Workers’ anger mounts at trade union sell-outs of strikes across Spain

Workers in metal; automotive glass-manufacturing; supermarket; transport; meat-processing; banking; cleaning; public sector, auto workers aren't happy with the negotiations.

Numerous strikes involving hundreds of thousands of workers have been called off by the Spanish unions in the last weeks. This comes after a powerful, week-long strike of 22,000 metalworkers in Cádiz in late November, which rapidly developed into a head-on confrontation with the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government and their lackeys in the unions.

Terrified by Cádiz metalworkers’ militant struggle, the unions worked to demobilise opposition and end the strike. They served as tools of the PSOE-Podemos government against the working class. During the walk-out, the Podemos-linked Workers Commissions (CCOO) and the PSOE-aligned General Workers Union (UGT) repeatedly issued statements disavowing actions taken to defend the strike.

Faced with an upsurge of the class struggle in Spain and internationally and desperate to prevent another Cádiz, the unions are scrambling to shut down strikes.

Anger is growing among workers to continual betrayals by the anti-worker bureaucracies.

Description of several strikes called off and workers' reactions are described in the article.

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https://frontline.news/post/spain-mayor-demands-less-private-transport-due-to-climate-change

The Spanish city of Valladolid last month announced plans to force non-electric cars off the road due to “climate change”.

Media misinformation operatives began claiming last month that July 4th was the hottest day on record, a claim refuted by several climate scientists. Nevertheless, the heatwave has been used to fuel climate hysteria and explain wildfires caused by arson.

Now Valladolid Mayor Jesús Julio Carnero is demanding residents stop driving non-electric cars, threatening climate mandates if they do not comply.

"Combustion vehicles emit pollutants which contribute significantly to the formation of ozone in the atmosphere. . . . It is important that the use of combustion vehicles for private transport is reduced as much as possible so as not to trigger more restrictive measures," said the mayor’s office in a statement.

Reducing private car ownership is one of the main objectives of the globalist agenda. In May, the World Economic Forum (WEF) outlined a framework for a 75% reduction in private car ownership by 2050 to reduce carbon emissions. By 2050, the WEF estimates there will be about 2.1 billion cars in use which will emit 4.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide. To save the planet from “climate change” the globalist organization aims to reduce the number of cars to 0.5 billion.

Spain’s Socialist-led government coalition is investing € 6.5 billion ($7.3 billion) to reduce private car use, according to Reuters.

Reducing private car ownership, which the WEF promises will save 75% of “urban space,” is only one component of the plan. Another, says the report, is to transform urban areas into “compact cities that enable and prioritize active mobility (walking, cycling)”.

These “compact cities,” otherwise known as 15-minute cities, are where public services, recreation, schools and work are located within a 15-minute walk, obviating the need to drive.

“A 15-minute city reimagines streets and public space to prioritise people not driving, building more vibrant neighbourhoods where walking and cycling are the main ways of getting around. It enables and encourages people to choose not to drive. This means reclaiming car-dominated space for more productive, social and community-building uses, upgrading walking and cycling infrastructure to better serve the daily, local trips of people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, and expanding green space in every neighbourhood,” says C40.org, a network of 100 mayors who have pledged to comply with the globalist agenda.

Cities like Oxford have already announced plans to create 15-minute neighborhoods, sparking protests against “climate ghettos”. Residents who drive outside their own neighborhoods for “non-essential needs” will be fined.