Spain’s dockers end strike after deal with employers

MADRID: Spain’s dock workers on Thursday called off a nationwide strike to protest at a European Union-triggered reform in the sector after reaching a deal with employers that protects jobs but lowers salaries.

Some 6,000 dockers have staged work stoppages for 48-hour periods since June 5 to protest against a decree passed in May by Spain’s conservative government that deregulates the hiring of dock workers.