Yesterday's Strike

Real estate portal has kindly scanned and posted the front pages of 15 Spanish dailies to gauge the general take on the success or failure of yesterday's strike by functionaries protesting recent wage cutbacks. To assist those not able to read Spanish:

1). El País - Functionaries resist the first attack of the unions on the government;

2). El Mundo - The unions' failure facilitates labour market reforms;

3). ABC - The functionaries stoppage fails as rehearsal for a general strike;

4). La Razón - Zapatero negotiates the delay of the general strike with Méndez;

5). La Vanguardia - Failed rehearsal;

6). Cinco Dias - Faint echo from the functionaries strike;

7). El Economista - (no mention);

8). Expansión - The functionaries strike fails and gives oxygen to Zapatero;

9). Negocio - (no mention);

10). Público - Strike of minima;

11). La Gaceta - (no mention);

12). Heraldo de Aragón - The unions hardly mobilize functionaries in first attack on the government;

13). 20 Minutes - The unions - big strike. The government - very small;

14). Qué -Was there a strike?;

15). ADN - Failed rehearsal for a general strike;

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