A total of 20 provinces were on yellow or orange alert this Saturday for snow , rain , wind or coastal phenomena , especially in the Mediterranean area , on the Cantabrian coast and the Atlantic cornice and in the archipelagos of the Balearic and Canary Islands . ( El Español ) By the Sunday Granada , Almeria , Murcia , Alicante , Valencia and the southern province of Teruel were on orange alert for the storm will not begin to subside until Monday afternoon . The storm claimed two lives . rainfall of up to 200mm in 12 hours was possible , and force 8 winds . from ABC . es
Hotel maids in Spain rebel against low salaries
Spain is enjoying a surge in visitors , but hotel maids are not reaping the rewards and are rebelling against their low salaries , which can be as little as two euros to clean a room . The country , which welcomed over 68 million foreign tourists last year - its third consecutive year of record numbers - employs around 100,000 hotel maids , according to union estimates ….
Over the past two years more and more maids have been challenging their contracts in courts and coming out in the press with tales of exploitation in the world ’ s third most visited country .
“ In numerous hotels directly-hired staff have been replaced ” by employees of service firms , said Ernest Canada , the author of a book on hotel maids .
Maids who work for such firms are not governed by the collective labour agreement for housekeeping staff , but the one for the cleaning sector , and are paid up to 40 percent less than their peers . see : The Local . es