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For those less-Spanish literate, like myself, can someone explain the demonstation in Sol this evening? Black and red flags, CGT. �Que pasa guay?

Thanks,

Jill


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Hey jetaway, �Qu� pasa guay?, that is a new one for me Confused Where are you taking thos Spanish classes anyway Eeker Jejejej!

CGT (hwww.cgt.es) stands for "Confederaci�n General del Trabajo" ("General Workers Confederation").

There is a general protest...

quote:
"Los sindicatos de banca, ahorro y cooperativas de cr�dito �Confederaci�n General del Trabajo (CGT) ,CC, CSICA, CCOO, UGT y CIG han convocado una manifestaci�n para el mi�rcoles 30 de enero en Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, M�laga, Granada, Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza y Palma de Mallorca."


... as it says in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, M�laga, Granada, Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza and Palma de Mallorca. There is a detailed explanation of the protest at www.cgt.es/actualidad/PROTESTA_EMPLEADOS_BANCA.html but more or less this protest is for the bank and credit unionists. They want more employees to be hired, a 1,000 Euro pay raise, 6 days more paid vacation or Saturdays off and pay for overtime hours worked. The 284,000 workers in this sectior claim that the banking situation (working in banks) has gotten harder since the entranc of the Euro in 2002 and say they have no time to do all the book keeping, accounting, etc... within their normal working hours.

Really all very boooooooring stuff but there you have it!

Saludos,
jer...


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As you can tell, I�m not in any official Spanish class, but I picked up slang back in California from all the restuarants where I worked. Vale?

Thanks for the info on the protest. I had a feeling it was a rather boring topic as the demonstration was "peaceful."

Saludos,

Jill


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Ok jetaway, we will let that slang slide through, this time Big Grin

Yeah, it is always more fun when the police get roudy and bust a few heads Wink

Saludos,
jer...


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- worlds biggest outdoor internet cafe --> www.plazawifi.info - GET CONNECTED!!!
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