Details here of the next round of strike action and demonstrations in Greece against the austerity measures.
Meanwhile the CCOO and UGT unions made some noises this week about calling a general strike over the austerity measures in Spain, with threats of one on the 2nd of June. There are conflicting reports in English about whether they've now been ruled out - see here and here.
Are any posters or readers based in Spain able to shed some light on the situation over there, what the level of militancy is etc?
I only represent myself so take my opinion only as the one of a particular but i think in Spain we are far from something like what it's happening in Greece. The unions here are bureaucratic devices, almost businesses. They don't get funding through the members but from unions elections, state subsidies. They have a TOTAL dependance from the state. Besides, as long as the workers notice that they don't get better delegation being members because when the collective agreement signed by the union that came out of the elections is implemented, it affects every worker in the same way, they don't find any good reason to become a member. Even more, unions get loads of extra money through courses for the unemployed, subsidied by the state. Basically they are service companies.
Ps: CNT doesn´t take part in the elections but the people they represent is definitely a tiny minority of the workers.