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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.

Strikes

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.

Coca-Cola

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.

Coca-Cola

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.

Industry & Trade

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.

disaster

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.