Thousands march in Spain over labour reforms

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have been marching throughout Spain today in the first large-scale show of anger over new labour reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers and pull out of collective bargaining agreements.

Spain’s main trade unions organised marches in 57 cities, beginning mid-morning in southern Cordoba. Some events that had been planned for later in the day, such as in eastern Valencia, had to be brought forward because of the early build-up of large crowds.