The Plenary rejects Podemos' motion on the 11N strike

The Plenary of the Almería City Council has rejected the motion by Podemos-IU-Verdes with Almería in support of the general strike on Wednesday, November 11. The initiative only received the favorable vote of the Socialist Municipal Group and of Podemos-IU-Los Verdes Por Almería, according to the Consistory. The Government team, of the PP, and Vox have questioned the call, considering that it turns social problems such as housing, wages or the quality of public services into an instrument of political confrontation. The municipal spokesperson, Sacra Sánchez, has defended respect for the constitutional right to strike, but has warned that «respecting a right does not mean having to share all calls nor politically endorse their approaches». Sánchez has maintained that the solutions to the rise in prices, the loss of purchasing power or the difficulties in accessing housing correspond to the Government of Spain and not to the opposition. In the debate she has reproached Pedro Sánchez's Executive for continuing to announce measures after years of promises and has called for «independent unions, that defend their rights whoever governs».

On housing, the popular spokesperson has rejected that the responsibility for a problem affecting the whole country be attributed only to the Junta de Andalucía. She has cited the data presented in her speech: between 2018 and 2025 more than 300,000 judicial evictions have been carried out in Spain. Against this she has held up as an example the work of the municipal company Almería XXI, with the commitment to promote more than 600 protected homes, of which a third will be allocated to rent. On public services, she has stated that their defense «is not the ideological heritage of any party» and has recalled that healthcare, education, social services and public transport are sustained by everyone's taxes. Regarding the labor dispute at Surbus, included in the rejected motion, she has reiterated respect for the workforce's demands and has defended that the solution must come through negotiation between the concessionary company and its representatives. The spokesperson has summarized the PP's position with a request: «fewer banners and more homes, less propaganda and more solutions».