Spanish government’s bill to shorten work week defeated in parliament
Spain’s Congress on Wednesday dealt a setback to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, rejecting his government’s flagship proposal to cut the standard working week from 40...
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Alcampo to close 25 stores in Spain with the loss of 710 jobs across 13 regions
The French retail chain Auchan, operating in Spain under the Alcampo brand, has announced plans to close 25 stores across the country, resulting in the...
Draft bill to reduce Spain’s working week to 37.5 hours gets cabinet approval
Spain could soon see its standard working week shortened by 2.5 hours, following the cabinet’s approval of a draft bill on Tuesday to reduce it...
Labour Day rallies in 80 cities across Spain call for shorter hours and fairer dismissals
Demonstrations and rallies took place across numerous major cities in Europe on Thursday, including 80 cities in Spain, in observance of Labour Day, with participants...
Rail strikes planned during March-April in Spain called off at last minute
A planned seven-day rail strike in Spain, set to begin on Monday 17 March, was called off at the last moment after unions representing workers...
Spain moves closer to reducing the work week by 2.5 hours
On Tuesday, the Spanish Cabinet approved a plan to reduce the standard work week for millions of employees by 2.5 hours, bringing it down to...
Spain to introduce shorter working week with same pay by end of 2025
Spain’s coalition government and the two largest trade unions, the UGT and CCOO, agreed on Friday to implement a shorter work week with the same...
Lack of affordable housing and threat of mass tenants’ strike puts pressure on Spanish government
Spain’s acute housing crisis and high rental prices are together piling pressure on the minority coalition government of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, as...
Spanish truck drivers to stage series of strikes in demand of earlier retirement
Spanish truck and bus drivers will start a series of strikes on 28 October to demand earlier retirement and better conditions, union leaders said on...
20,000 Amazon workers in Spain set to strike on ‘Cyber Monday’
Spanish union CCOO has called on 20,000 warehouse and delivery workers at Amazon in Spain to stage a one-hour strike on each shift on Monday 27 November,...
