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Inditex SA, the Spanish owner of the Zara clothing chain, is facing two days of strikes in its home market after unions and management failed to reach an agreement on pay.
Stoppages shut as many as 11 shops in the northwestern province of A Coruña, in Galicia, as workers walked off their jobs to demand a €440 ($458) monthly pay increase, two union representatives said by phone.
The strikes have affected
the Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti
and Oysho brands as they kick off Black Friday sales, some of the most important days for retailers.
The Confederacion Intersindical Galega union expects the strikes to shut most of 44 shops across Inditex’s brands, including a five-floor flagship Zara store in the center of A Coruña city.