Thousands rally across Catalonia on Workers' Day, calling for 37.5-hour workweek
Labor unions await Spanish government's green light to shorter workweek after approval was postponed due to blackout
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PortAventura workers call off May Day strike after reaching deal with management
Agreement is set to improve wages, grant formal recognition of employee seniority, and improve the regulation of workloads
All Rodalies trains back in service after blackout
Renfe warns of occasional delays due to incidents with infrastructure, some linked to Monday's outage
Spain's national grid operator denies blackout was caused by excess renewables
Red Eléctrica president absolves her company of responsibility and says she has no plans to resign
Power outage in Pyrenean town: Analogue radios sold out, candles and solar-powered batteries sales up
Dime store owner in Sort using calculator for transactions
Power outage causes passengers' nightmare: 'We spent the night in a train in Zaragoza'
Travelers arriving in Barcelona's Sants station on Tuesday shared stories of long delays caused by Monday's massive power outage
'I filled my bathtub with water' - getting through a blackout
From enjoying a day off in the sun, to stocking up on candles and fuet, and thinking about future survival kits
Keeping fresh produce cold, still without internet: unique challenges for businesses in blackout
Mercabarna wholesale food distributors reports no major incidents
Blaming renewables for blackout is 'simplistic', energy experts warn
Engineers call for better planning, more investment in the power grid, and greater energy storage capacity
Partial operations return to eight Rodalies commuter rail lines
Chaos continues across Catalonia's train stations after Monday's blackout
Spain launches official probe into blackout as court investigates possible 'cyberterrorism'
PM Sánchez vows incident "must never happen again" as Spain's National Court orders reports from Red Eléctrica and security agencies
Government launches investigation into Red Eléctrica and Endesa post-blackout
Catalan president Salvador Illa believes that executive response was positive and up to the task
Blackout triggers panic buying, leaving empty shelves at Sitges supermarkets
Customers buy water, batteries, and charcoal before an overheated generator forced early closure: store expects full restock by Wednesday
Grid operator rules out cyberattack as cause of Spain's blackout
Red Eléctrica links power outage to issues in electricity generation
Catalonia recovers 100% of its electrical power after outage affecting Spain
Authorities deny cyberattack as cause of blackout
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