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February 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Hundreds of people gathered on Friday in Puerta del Sol Square in Spain’s capital, Madrid, to protest against the legislation.
The plan is designed to encourage companies to hire more people by cutting government-mandated severance packages and offering tax breaks for taking on young people.
Clashes broke out when Spanish police began asking people for identification and, subsequently, detained numerous demonstrators.
“We evaluate [the reform law] negatively because it’s a labor reform that, as much as we know, cuts the rights of workers, makes firing cheaper, and allows workers to pay for their own job with the money they get for unemployment,” said Cayo Lara, leader of the United Left Party.
Experts say the reform law will give more power to employers in an attempt to bolster the country’s jobs market and decrease unemployment rate in Spain, which is the highest across Europe.
The demonstrations were organized under the slogan “In defense of your rights, your jobs and your future,” a continuation of the March 15th movement known as the “Indignants.”
Protests have become common in Spain as the government is applying austerity measures in a bid to restore market confidence and avoid a Greek-style bailout.
Hit by the global financial downturn, the Spanish economy collapsed into recession in the second half of 2008. So far, Spain’s economic doldrums have forced the elimination of millions of jobs in the country.
Spain’s unemployment rate has soared to 22.85 percent, the highest in 17 years, meaning that there are more than five million jobless people in the country.
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