Last Wednesday was one of the very few strikes I’ve experienced in another country, and it was pretty interesting. I’m used to more violent, but less unified as a whole type of idea for a strike. Let me explain myself. First of all even though everyone said the strike was going to cause a huge inconvenience for everyone, it actually didn’t even affect me whatsoever. The Metro was working fine, and even faster than on a regular basis. I know I can’t speak for everybody because the Metro going to some cities outside Madrid was cancelled, but overall it was working fine. What struck me the most of the strike was that a lot of people actually went along with it. A lot of places were closed and manifestations all around Spain and even some parts of Europe were made. Also I didn’t think people were actually going to make some type of uproar at the airport, and very little was made; however, I thought the airport was always intact to these type of things.
The news coverage was in my opinion what was expected in any major event. The news about the strike was in every channel at all times. They actually covered the strike since the time it started until it finished, maybe some channels more than others but overall I think it was a good amount of information. However, the strike didn’t have such an effective outcome like they would have wanted to. My host father told me it was just all fuzz and nothing was going to change.
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