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Unions Support Madrid 2020 Bid

Leaders of Spain’s two most important labour unions gave their support Monday to Madrid’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

The leaders of Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) and Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO) met with the chairman of Madrid 2020 and President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, and agreed to set up a commission to investigate how many jobs could be created by a successful bid, reports Xinhua.

The two unions are led by Candido Mendez and Ignacio Fernandez Toxo. Mendez said, “we support the bid because of the international and worldwide projection it means for our country and even more so in a moment in which Spain’s image is being damaged by different events. It could be a sign that things are changing in our country. The Games should be a catalyst for growth and as things are now, there are signs that Spain could be in a very complicated situation in terms of unemployment until 2018”.

Toxo said his union had supported the bid from the start. He said, “it should be a project for all of the country and one which has the backing of Spanish society. Spain needs something to give an impulse to the economy”.

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