Articles tagged with: Unemployment

02 June 2021 09:28 AM

A worker at Leroy Merlin sorts items on a shelf (by Jordi Marsal)

May sees 120,000 more jobs in Catalonia compared to previous year

Unemployment falls in both month-on-month and year-on-year comparisons

01 June 2021 09:19 AM

President Pere Aragonès and his ministers (by Arnald Prat)

New Catalan government's 10 biggest challenges in 10 graphs

Unemployment, housing crisis, social inequality, depopulation, independence issue and public health situation among hottest topics for Aragonès’ cabinet

Politics

15 May 2021 12:59 PM

'Indignats' protesters in Barcelona's Plaça Catalunya in 2011 (ACN)

The 15M anti-austerity movement, ten years on

Thousands upon thousands took to the streets to call for an end to budget cuts and a fairer democracy

Society

05 May 2021 09:48 AM

A bar worker in Sitges cleans a surface area while wearing a face mask (by Gemma Sánchez)

April sees slight monthly drop in unemployment but increase on last year

Number of jobless workers now just under half a million after the second consecutive month which saw a decrease in the figure

Business

29 April 2021 09:49 AM

Unemployment office in Barcleona (by Aina Martí)

Unemployment rate down to 12.9%, but still far from pre-pandemic figures

There are 499,700 jobless people — 88,100 more than last year, but 38,200 fewer than three months ago

Business

06 April 2021 09:19 AM

An unemployment office in the city of Barcelona (by Ivette Lehmann)

Unemployment falls slightly in March with half a million still left without work

There are now 505,900 jobless in Catalonia, an increase of 21.31% compared to the same month last year

Business

29 March 2021 03:38 PM

A man speaks to a worker at a Catalan employment office booth (by Lluís Sibils)

Low turnout in Spain’s unemployment office SEPE strike

Organising union claim 20% participation for action demanding reinforced workforce and modernisation of computer systems whilst Ministry of Labour say it was only...

Society