Spain has seen a wave of strikes and protests by public sector workers as the government tries to slash mounting debt.

Although they carry the European Union's highest unemployment rate at a staggering 20 per cent, Spain's government insists it does not need a bailout such as the one recently handed down to Greece.

Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports on why that view is not shared by many Spanish firms and their workers.

July 5, 2010