Public transport workers in Madrid staged a 24-hour strike and held protests in the Spanish capital.

It is the latest action in an ongoing dispute with EMT (Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid), the city-owned body that runs public transport in the capital.

Coming as the city also hosted the UN 'COP25' climate talks, the strike and associated protests caused significant transport disruption.

The unions want an immediate increase in the workforce and measures to improve the quality of the service, in addition to a firm commitment not to privatise EMT.

Madrid lives on Friday December 13 a new day of strike of 24 hours in the buses of the EMT and Metro de Madrid, so it is expected a complicated day for mobility in the capital coinciding with the last day of the Summit of the Weather.

The Madrid City Council has established minimum services between 40 and 50% in the entire EMT bus network and 30% in the municipal crane service. As in previous strikes, the unions demand an immediate increase in the workforce and measures to increase the quality of the service, in addition to the firm commitment not to privatize the EMT service. The unions will give truce for Christmas and will not call for new mobilizations until last January 5. Apart from the strike, a demonstration is called at 6:00 pm that will depart from Plaza de España through Gran Vía to Plaza de Cibeles. It is expected that workers from Metro de Madrid will join.

Madrid lives on Friday December 13 a new day of strike of 24 hours in the buses of the EMT and Metro de Madrid, so it is expected a complicated day for mobility in the capital coinciding with the last day of the Summit of the Weather.

The Madrid City Council has established minimum services between 40 and 50% in the entire EMT bus network and 30% in the municipal crane service. As in previous strikes, the unions demand an immediate increase in the workforce and measures to increase the quality of the service, in addition to the firm commitment not to privatize the EMT service. The unions will give truce for Christmas and will not call for new mobilizations until last January 5. Apart from the strike, a demonstration is called at 6:00 pm that will depart from Plaza de España through Gran Vía to Plaza de Cibeles. It is expected that workers from Metro de Madrid will join.