Canarian unions call general strike on 14 Nov

[Guanche]

I will try to get to Santa Cruz tomorrow to get some photos Janet, but no promises

[Nova]

Our HR have asked for a report on expected absences tomorrow. I doubt there will be any though.

[Perikles]

I will try to get to Santa Cruz tomorrow to get some photos Janet, but no promises

Sounds like you are going on strike as forum photographer 

[Guanche]

I was going to break the strike....... but the wife went off with the car and won't be back until tomorrow! So it's no photos sorry.

[Janet]

not a problem, thanks for even thinking about it!!! 

[Janet]

The general strike has begun without much disruption, with agreed minimum services being provided to mitigate the high following of the strike by transport workers. In Santa Cruz, pickets have cut off Avenida Manuel Hermoso at the Cepsa refinery. Throughout Spain some 700 flights have been cancelled by various airlines operating in Spain, but while Madrid's Barajas airport has come to a complete standstill, Canarian airports are reported to be operating with complete normality. No doubt throughout the day there will be updates from the strike.  JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Business as usual

We ran into a neighbour while walking the dogs who said everything was open in our area with no signs of the strike.  We've just been to the coop and it was mobbed.  Whereas the older kids are out of school, the nursery school across the street from us is open, which surprised me. 

[poker]

We got mail this morning so our postman dident strike .
Don`t know about the postofficce .....

[Nova]

Our day has been very quiet.  The customers who did come in were surprised we were open and some were quite confused about it.  I don't know anyone who's been on strike - we even had two technicians come today to fix different bits of machinery!  The streets have been quiet though, suggesting that the general public just didn't know what to expect so stayed at home.

[Janet]

Unions here are saying 75-85% support, but clearly that will be primarily in the north. They're saying that tourist-related support for the strike is virtually invisible, so in the south it won't be at all evident, seems to me.