The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) has continued to focus on preparations for the nationwide housing general strike scheduled for 11 November and on solidarity with public education workers engaged in an indefinite strike in Madrid.
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PCTE steps up preparations for housing general strike and supports Madrid education workers
PCTE steps up preparations for housing general strike and supports Madrid education workers
On 24 October, PCTE Aragón organised a meeting in Zaragoza to discuss the housing crisis and preparations for the forthcoming strike. The event, announced for 18:00 at the TÃo Jorge Civic Centre, was intended to develop practical ways of mobilising workers and residents in workplaces, educational institutions and neighbourhoods.
According to AraInfo, the meeting addressed three main questions: the relationship between housing costs and working-class living conditions; the party’s assessment of the opportunities and limitations of the 11 November strike; and the organisational tools needed to prepare it, including workplace and neighbourhood assemblies and pickets. PCTE Aragón stressed that the struggle for housing must extend beyond a single day of action and the electoral calendar.
The preparations come as trade unions and housing organisations seek to bring together demands for affordable housing, decent wages and stronger public services. The 24-hour strike on 11 November has been registered by a broad group of trade union organisations. PCTE presents the mobilisation as an opportunity to connect struggles that are often organised separately and strengthen working-class organisation in workplaces and neighbourhoods.
On the same date, PCTE’s Basque organisation, ELAK-PCTE, published a message of solidarity with the indefinite strike by public education workers in Madrid. Around 65,000 teachers in non-university public education have been involved in the strike, which began on 14 October and is supported by several unions, including CCOO, UGT, CGT, CNT, Solidaridad Obrera and STEM. The dispute centres on demands for improved working conditions and reduced teaching workloads.PCTE’s territorial activity also reflects its broader political approach. In its central committee statement of 12 October, the party argued for building an independent working-class opposition to capital and governments, linking immediate economic demands to the organisation of workers as a political force. It has also confirmed that it will contest Spain’s general election scheduled for 29 November, while warning against subordinating workers’ struggles to electoral calculations.