Spanish rail unions have called off the strike in the Renfe and Adif rail companies that was due to start tomorrow, Friday 24th November, and would have suspended around 1,550 trains across the Spanish state, after reaching an agreement with Spain's transport ministry. As the two parties have confirmed, an agreement has been reached that will now have to be reviewed and analyzed in more depth in order to be able to sign it, but for the time being it has satisfied union demands. Thus, the unions who called the strike have decided to cancel it, a few hours before the start of what was planned as five days of stoppages and go-slows in Renfe and Adif services. As union sources have confirmed, the cancellation extends to all days, that is to say, as well as this Friday, the subsequent strike days on November 30th and December 1st, 4th and 5th will no longer be affected. In Catalonia, up to 4,000 workers were called on to participate in the industrial action with the estimated cancellation of up to 400 trains.
The unions involved, CCOO, UGT, Semaf, SCF, CGT and SF negotiated with the new transport minister, Óscar Puente, who stated that he considered the measure "unjustified" since negotiations with the Generalitat of Catalonia for the transfer had not yet begun, and with the added danger that the mobilization would be confused with the general strike called by Solidaridad, a trade union with low membership linked to far-right Vox, against the amnesty law and the government pacts between the now-governing Socialists and the pro-independence parties.