Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Madrid on Saturday in a protest called by the two main Spanish trade unions against the Socialist government's plans to reform the job market. Spain's jobless rate is at nearly 18 percent. AFP - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Madrid on Saturday in a protest called by the two main Spanish trade unions against the Socialist government's plans to reform the job market. With the jobless rate running at nearly 18 percent, the UGT and CCOO unions called the march in Madrid to warn Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero against going ahead with the proposed changes. Many of those marching Saturday called for a general strike to resist the government, but that is not an option currently favoured by the main Spanish unions. Earlier this month, Zapatero suggested that Spain's employers and unions discuss moving towards a reform of the labour market based on the German model.
AFP - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Madrid on Saturday in a protest called by the two main Spanish trade unions against the Socialist government's plans to reform the job market. With the jobless rate running at nearly 18 percent, the UGT and CCOO unions called the march in Madrid to warn Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero against going ahead with the proposed changes. Many of those marching Saturday called for a general strike to resist the government, but that is not an option currently favoured by the main Spanish unions. Earlier this month, Zapatero suggested that Spain's employers and unions discuss moving towards a reform of the labour market based on the German model.
... Spain's employers and unions discuss moving towards a reform of the labour market based on the German model.
And this means ... what? In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
