Union members march in Seville, Spain, Nov. 14, during 24-hour nationwide protest strike. Millions of workers across Europe went on strike or joined labor actions to protest government-driven cuts to social services and high unemployment in the largest Europe-wide action by organized labor since the economic crisis began three years ago.

In Spain and Portugal, hundreds of flights were cancelled, car factories and ports were at a standstill and trains barely ran.

Unemployment has risen to 26 percent in Spain. More than 25 million people are out of work in Europe.

—LOUIS MARTIN