Spanish public sector strikes over pay cuts

Tens of thousands of civil servants across Spain on the 8 June 2010 joined protests over public sector pay cuts in the first national demonstrations against government austerity measures announced in May 2010.

ESO: Background Information: Spain austerity plan approved by one vote http://www.europeansources.info/record/spain-austerity-plan-approved-by-one-vote/

Deutsche Welle, 8.6.10: Public sector workers in Spain strike against austerity measures http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5660810,00.html

BBC News, 8.6.10: Pain in Spain over austerity plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10270962.stm

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