Topic: Candido Mendez

Spain's two main unions on Tuesday called a 24-hour general strike for September 29 to protest a government plan to overhaul the labour market and ease investor fears over the fragile economy.It will be the country's first general strike ...

Spanish unions set date for general strike

Spanish unions Tuesday set September 29 as the date for a general strike to protest a government plan aimed at overhauling the labour market and easing fears in financial markets over the fragile economy.The date coincides with a European "day of ...

Spain April unemployment fall leaked to press

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish government data showing registered jobless fell in April for the first time in nine months was leaked to Spanish media on Saturday in the second unplanned release of sensitive job data in less than a week.Newspaper El Mundo ...

Spain's BBVA under fire over huge payout to CEO

Spanish unions and some lawmakers condemned as "obscene" and "scandalous" on Wednesday a multi-million-euro pension paid out to a top executive at Spain's second-biggest bank, BBVA.The board of BBVA announced on Tuesday it had reached "a common agreement"