Zara Workers in Spain Just Went on Strike — and They’ll Probably Do It Again
The owner of Zara is worth $50 billion, and this year net profits at Zara’s parent company Inditex increased 41 percent. Workers are demanding a bigger share of the profits they created.
Zara workers are on strike demanding an increase in pay from Zara’s parent company Inditex in Galicia, Spain on November 25, 2022. (Photo By M. Dylan/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Inditex began in the early 1960s in Galicia, a quiet region of Spain known for its choice seafood. Over time it grew to be the largest fast-fashion company on the planet, making its founder Amancio Ortega the richest person in Spain and the third-wealthiest person in Europe. As the parent company to Zara, which is now the largest clothing retailer in the world, Inditex has earned Ortega a net worth of over $50 billion.
Now, in the middle of the holiday shopping season, Spanish workers at Inditex are asking for their fair share of the shellfish.
Shop assistants who work at Zara and other fashion brands owned by Inditex organized two separate strikes last week. The first took place last Thursday in Madrid. The second took place both last Thursday and on Black Friday in La Coruña, the northwestern Spanish province where Ortega founded the company and still has a home.
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