Spanish Women Football Players to Strike Over Failed Wage Talks
- Union says negotiations have failed after more than a year
- Two-day strike set to take place at season start next Friday
Spain’s women footballers plan to go on strike, escalating their demands for better wages after a scandal over the country’s football chief kissing a player highlighted gender inequality in the sport.
Photographer: Angel Martinez/AC Milan/Getty ImagesSpain’s professional women footballers plan to go on strike, escalating their demands for better wages after a scandal over the country’s football chief kissing a player highlighted gender inequality in the sport.
“Following more than a year of talks and given the impossibility of reaching a satisfactory agreement with the clubs, the unions — as representatives of the players — have been compelled to call a strike for two days,” the AFE union announced Friday on its website. The strike will take place during the first match days of the Liga F season, which is due to start Sept. 8.