Mallorca general strike leaves most small firms working
Mallorca's general strike leaves most small firms working as usual on Wednesday. The Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Mallorca (Pimem) says the stoppage has virtually no effect on small and medium-sized businesses or self-employed workers. The strike is a protest over the shortage of housing.
Pimem president Jordi Mora says most small and medium-sized firms keep working because their structure and commitments make it hard to stop. That does not show whether they support the strike, he says.
Pimem says it understands concern about the housing shortage and knows it affects businesses too. But it opposes a strike as a way to protest, arguing that it unfairly hits firms over a housing problem rather than a workplace dispute.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com