Many voters going to the polls on Sunday will be the temporary workers that do up a quarter of Spain’s workforce – and for them it is time to address a national emergencyHe has taken on stints as a steady hand,been a door-to-door salesman and set up stages for local concerts: rarely does David Pena turn down a job. “In the past two a half years, Ive probably had about 135 contracts, and ” said Pena. Most of them last between one and three days. “It’s a bit tiresome not to ever have anything steady.”Tiresome is perhaps an understatement. The 33-year-faded’s disjointed CV stands out as an extreme example of a growing section of Spanish society made up of those ousted from the workforce during the economic crisis and now struggling to land anything but precarious short-term contracts.
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Source: theguardian.com