Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1972, 2.7 million jobs in agriculture were replaced by 1.1 million jobs in the public sector, further increasing unemployment. [6] Although unemployment is a problem in other OECD countries such as Italy and Turkey, data shows that the extent of increase and the persistence is much larger in Spain. [7]
The 1931 Barcelona rent strike was called in July 1931 by Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) [1] as a result of a massive immigration wave to Barcelona for jobs constructing the 1929 International Exposition, the Wall Street crash of 1929, and political instability. By the following month, 100,000 working-class families had joined it.
Spain suffers from a high rate of school drop outs, which is the percentage of the population between 18-24 years old who has not completed secondary education and who has not taken part in any technical training. [14] From 2005-10, Spain recorded a dropout rate of 30.6%; Only Malta (38.0%) and Portugal (34.3%) had higher rates within European ...
A teacher who has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis has won a temporary stay of eviction from his rented Barcelona apartment after protests by residents against gentrification and over ...
Barcelona is served by Barcelona-El Prat Airport, about 17 km (11 mi) south-west of the centre of Barcelona. It is the second-largest airport in Spain, and the largest on the Mediterranean coast, which handled more than 50.17 million passengers in 2018, showing an annual upward trend. [ 156 ]
The origins of the labor movement in Spain are located in Catalonia in the 1830s and 1840s, since it was the only place in Spain where there was a modern industry: the textile industry. There the first conflicts between workers and employers took place and there the first trade union — called " resistance societies " at the time — in the ...
Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side's sixth goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Valencia at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!