Spain: government tries to complete agreement on the reform of the labor market with the social partners

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inst the clock and trying to revive social dialog by organizing bilateral meetings with employers and unions. It proposed measures which should please both parties…without success. The promise of an agreement -even a minimal one – by the summer to open negotiations this fall is vanishing. Talks are at a standstill and unions are threatening with new social movements in the fall. (Ref. 090712)

Government proposals. The government proposed: a €240 allowance for six months for jobseekers about to

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