Spain

The Spanish cabin crew of airline Ryanair will go on strike at the end of this month. Employees of the Irish low-cost fighter are laying down their jobs because the company refuses to negotiate higher wages.   The Spanish trade unions are in talks with unions in Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal to organize actions throughout Europe. The strikes in Spain are scheduled for June 24, 25, 26 and 30 and July 1 and 2. Ryanair has walked away from the negotiating table after Spanish unions threatened work stoppages, according to Bloomberg. The news agency relies on a letter from personnel director Darrell Hughes of the price fighter. In it, Hughes says that the unions made "unrealistic demands" and "refused to engage in talks". In Italy, pilots and cabin crew of several budget airlines...

Spanish unemployment rose in the second quarter as a result of the corona crisis. The Spanish statistics agency has calculated this.   Unemployment has declined in recent years, but this has now come to an end. The number of unemployed rose by 55,000 to just under 3.4 million people. This brings unemployment to 15.3 percent. In the first quarter of this year, this was still 14.4 percent. However, the actual figures could be even higher because, during the lockdown in the country, people were unable to look for work actively. They, therefore, did not meet the definition of unemployment used by the statistical office. This could apply to up to 1.1 million people. Employees who are temporarily at home and paid via a government schedule, about 1.8 million people do not count as unemp...