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Unions protest Spanish labor reforms
Madrid (CNN) — Spain’s largest unions carried out mass protests across the country Sunday in response to labor-market changes announced by the government.
Protesters packed the streets of Madrid, marching against measures they said will make it cheaper and easier to fire workers.
Sunday’s demonstrations were the first major union protests against Spain’s new conservative government, which took office two months ago.
Spain’s unemployment rate is nearly 23%, and its youth unemployment rate is nearly 50%. About 5.2 million people in the country are jobless.
Last week Spain’s parliament approved the labor reforms, which the nation’s Cabinet approved earlier this month.
(Source: CNN)
