MADRID, May 24 (Reuters) - The leader of Spain's largest workers union, Comisiones Obreras (CCOO), said he would prefer not to call a general strike because of the potential negative impact it could have on the country.
'A general strike would be the worst thing to happen to Spain,' Ignacio Fernandez Toxo told national television channel TVE on Monday.
Nevertheless, Toxo said earlier that the country was moving closer to a general strike.
The unions have already called a one-day public workers' strike against paycuts for June 8.
(Reporting by Jonathan Gleave; Writing by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Sarah Morris) Keywords: SPAIN UNION/ (tracy.rucinsk@thomsonreuters.com; RM tracy.rucinski.reuters.com@reuters.net; +34 91 585 2153) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'A general strike would be the worst thing to happen to Spain,' Ignacio Fernandez Toxo told national television channel TVE on Monday.
Nevertheless, Toxo said earlier that the country was moving closer to a general strike.
The unions have already called a one-day public workers' strike against paycuts for June 8.
(Reporting by Jonathan Gleave; Writing by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Sarah Morris) Keywords: SPAIN UNION/ (tracy.rucinsk@thomsonreuters.com; RM tracy.rucinski.reuters.com@reuters.net; +34 91 585 2153) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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