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Eight firemen posed in the nude1 in a Spanish town on Thursday to protest against sweeping2 new government austerity measures that include public sector3 wage cuts and tax increases.
上周四,八位西班牙消防员在西班牙一小镇裸体抗议新政府的全面财政紧缩措施,其中包括公共部门减薪和增加税收。
Eight firemen posed in the nude in a Spanish town on Thursday to protest against sweeping new government austerity measures that include public sector wage cuts and tax increases. The firefighters emerged one by one from their fire station in the northern town of Mieres near Oviedo wearing just their black helmets and boots and lined up side by side against a wall with their backs to the assembled press.
"With so many cuts we have been left naked," declared a banner on the wall above them.
"Eight firefighters who show their ass4 are worth more than a protest through the streets against the cuts," said Javier Piedra, 41, one of the 16 members of the Mieres fire brigade.
Spain's two main labour unions, the UGT and the CCOO, have planned demonstrations5 by public sector workers in 80 cities and towns later Thursday against the austerity measures.
Numerous firefighters and police officers have turned out at smaller protests which have taken place daily since the government announced the latest measures on July 11.
Among the new steps is the cutting of the Christmas bonus paid to civil servants, equivalent to a seven-percent reduction in annual pay, and a rise in sales tax that is likely to hit consumers.
The loss of the bonus comes on top of another pay cut of an average of five percent in 2010, which was followed by a salary freeze.
"We are protesting because they are reducing our salary and now they are getting rid of the Christmas bonus."
Firefighters in Mieres earn an average of 1,500-1,550 euros a month, said Piedra.
"Without taking into account the end of the Christmas bonus, our salary has declined by around 200 euros since the first cuts came into force in June 2010," he said.
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