Spain unions call for protests against labour reforms
- Published: 11/02/2012 at 09:32 PM
- Online news: World
Spain's two biggest unions called on Saturday for nationwide protests on February 19 against labour reforms which they said would destroy jobs.
Spanish public service workers stage a mass protest march in Barcelona in January 2012 against spending cuts. Spain's two biggest unions have called for nationwide protests on February 19 against labour reforms which they said would destroy jobs.
"On February 19 we want the streets of Spain to be filled with noisy protests against the labour reforms," the head of the CCOO union, Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, told a joint news conference with UGT union boss Candido Mendez.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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