The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Six people dead and six injured in explosion at fireworks factory UPDATED: An explosion at a fireworks factory left six people dead and six seriously wounded on Monday in Zaragoza. https://www.thelocal.es/20150831/at-least-four-missing-in-explosion-at-fireworks-factory Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:27:08 +0200 at-least-four-missing-in-explosion-at-fireworks-factory Coca-Cola workers slam lay-off deal Striking Coca-Cola workers in Spain on Thursday rejected a proposed layoffs deal by the US drinks giant, demanding it halt factory closures which they say threaten nearly 1,200 jobs. https://www.thelocal.es/20140220/coca-cola-worker-slam-lay-off-deal Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:40:32 +0100 coca-cola-worker-slam-lay-off-deal Zero tolerance to Coke plant closures Thousands of workers from Coca-Cola bottling factories in Spain marched on Sunday in protest at plant closures they say will cost 750 jobs. https://www.thelocal.es/20140203/zero-tolerance-to-coke-plant-closures Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:39:49 +0100 zero-tolerance-to-coke-plant-closures Coca-Cola set to axe 750 jobs in Spain Coca-Cola is looking to close four of its 11 bottling plants in Spain in a move that would affect the jobs of 1,250 people, the company and the UGT union said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/coca-cola-looks-to-close-4-bottling-plants-in-spain Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:02:00 +0100 coca-cola-looks-to-close-4-bottling-plants-in-spain Spanish factory output in two-year free fall Spain's factories axed output in July, official data showed on Friday, completing a near two-year industrial decline as domestic demand evaporated in a job-wrecking recession. https://www.thelocal.es/20130906/spanish-factories-cut-output-for-23rd-month Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:32:00 +0200 spanish-factories-cut-output-for-23rd-month Spanish man linked to Dhaka factory disaster His ambition was to build an "ethical factory" in Bangladesh's notorious garment industry, but Spanish entrepreneur David Mayor is now a wanted man after his company turned to dust in the Dhaka factory disaster. https://www.thelocal.es/20130429/spanish-man-linked-to-dhaka-factory-disaster Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:44:00 +0200 spanish-man-linked-to-dhaka-factory-disaster