# Labour disputes bring February strikes in Spain starting today | RailFreight.com

> Spanish rail unions CCOO and SCF launched a 23-hour strike on February 9, 2024, with 65 percent of rail freight services expected not to run. Further two-hour UGT strikes were scheduled for several Mondays in February.

- Date: 2024-02-09 · published 2024-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Spain · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31693-labour-disputes-bring-february-strikes-in-spain-starting-today-railfreight-com
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rail freight stoppages in Spain disrupt inland movement of feed ingredients and grain to ports and mills, which can tighten local supply and raise short-term delivered costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-14 | [Could Rail Workers Now Strike Starting Monday As Concerns Of a Feed Shortage Continue In the West?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40503-could-rail-workers-now-strike-starting-monday-as-concerns-of-a-feed-shortage.md) | -12.5% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [Flooding continues to disrupt barge traffic in U.S. - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58981-flooding-continues-to-disrupt-barge-traffic-in-u-s-freightwaves.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2020-10-02 | [Producers Fear Losing Harvest if Rail Strike Continues \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50670-producers-fear-losing-harvest-if-rail-strike-continues-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-04-20 | [Grain-Importing Nations Hampered by Rising Freight Rates \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41744-grain-importing-nations-hampered-by-rising-freight-rates-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2025-03-24 | [Moldovan railway workers threaten to block Ukrainian grain transit \| RailFreight.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25576-moldovan-railway-workers-threaten-to-block-ukrainian-grain-transit-railfreight.md) | -3.7% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- railfreight.com: https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2024/02/09/labour-disputes-bring-february-strikes-in-spain-starting-today/

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