Thursday, October 18, 2012

Spain’s regional crisis hammers firms, devastates families - The Globe and Mail

Spain’s regional crisis hammers firms, devastates families - The Globe and Mail

"Inma Martinez, a separated mother of four, is one such victim of attempts by regional and local governments to finance their budget deficits by delaying payments.
Like her fellow municipal employees in the southern town of La Linea de la Concepcion, she is owed eight months of unpaid wages. Nevertheless, she turns up every day to clean the bus station, fearing that if she stays at home the town hall will fire her, probably ending any chance of recovering her wages.
Ms. Martinez, 47, has been reduced to begging for food with other local families at a shopping centre in La Linea, which nestles next to the British territory of Gibraltar."

No comments:

Post a Comment