In a development bordering on the sublime, the principal union of the Spanish civil service, CSI-CSIF, has announced that they will no longer be involving either UGT or CCOO - the main trade union alliances in this country - in their particular work stoppages. Following the very scarce attendance registered at nationwide strikes convoked yesterday to protest public employee wage cuts, CSI-CSIF are apparently irritated at the manner in which Cándido Méndez and Ignacio Fernández Toxo, leaders of the latter two groups, took control of the proceedings and converted them into a rehearsal for a proposed general strike in opposition to pending labour market reforms.Having one's message diluted by association with a losing side is apparently not thought to be in their interest.
Wagging his finger in the photo is the Marx of the middle class (or the Trotsky of the tenured trabajador)*, Méndez, alongside Mr. Toxo.
*Lenin of the let-the-young-eat-cake, etcetera. Further suggestions for this ridiculous relic of the 1960's (or 1917) gladly received in the comments box.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/business/global/09blogger.html?ref=global-home
Yeah, yeah. I read it. It was Felix Salmon that tipped me off - so I felt compelled to opine in his comments.
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/06/09/the-demographics-of-housing-bubbles/
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