During the Spain-wide general strike have picket lines in Zaragoza on 11 November 2026, access roads to industrial estates and streets were blocked. The departure of city buses was also delayed. Students occupied a university building overnight. The protesters also called on people not to shop.
The actions in the regional capital Aragon began on Tuesday evening, according to elDiario.es. Participants reportedly blocked FCC trucks from leaving from 10 pm. On Wednesday morning, pickets also blocked entrances to the Plaza industrial estate as well as sections of the road towards Castellón and the Avenida de Cataluña. Heraldo de Aragón also reported temporary traffic disruption at several industrial estates.
Local public transport was affected by the stoppages and actions. According to figures from bus operator Avanza published by news agency Europa Press, 49 of the 100 drivers not assigned to the minimum service took part in the strike. A total of 302 buses were scheduled to run that day, including 202 providing the minimum service. The company’s figures relate to bus operations and do not allow conclusions to be drawn about participation in other sectors.
At University of Zaragoza According to elDiario.es, students occupied the Faculty of Philosophy and spent the night there. In the morning, a picket blocked the main entrance to the San Francisco Campus. A representative of the socialist student organisation told the newspaper that nobody had entered through this entrance. The statement relates to this access point and does not establish that the university was completely closed.
Several trade unions and social organisations had called for the 24-hour strike. Their demands include higher wages, affordable housing and measures to address the rising cost of living. Two separate demonstrations were planned in Zaragoza for the afternoon: one involving tenants’ organisations and smaller trade unions, and another organised by the trade unions Comisiones Obreras and Unión General de Trabajadores.
Assessments of how the strike was going differed. At a midday rally, the two large trade unions described participation as high. Employers’ associations in Aragón, by contrast, said businesses were generally operating normally. No independently verified overall figures for the region were available at that point.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).