The new Partido Popular government has written the union confederations announcing that it will freeze the yearly statutory minimum wage to 14 monthly payments of €641.40, according to the El Pais newspaper. It will be the first time that the minimum salary will not rise in a year since its inception in 1980. Angry union leaders emphasize that the Spanish minimum wage is already set relatively low.
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