Catchword: Generation 600

Filed under: Spanish, Spain, Employment, Money & Finance

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: In Spain, a generation of young people is entering the workplace with few benefits or protections, often moving between temporary contracts so that employers can avoid the country’s onerous employment laws. The media have dubbed them “mileuristas”—loosely, those who scrape by on a thousand euros a month. In Greece, this same group has been dubbed “Generation 600”—referring to the country’s national minimum wage of €600 (about $776) a month.

Article or document title:
“In Greece, Protests Echo European Students’ Ire” (URL)

Author:
Philip Pangalos, David Gauthier-villars

Article, document, publication, web site:
Wall Street Journal

Date of publication:
Dec. 11, 2008

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