Spain’s women’s players have gone on strike to demand a higher minimum wage amid a nationwide reckoning with sexism in soccer.
The minimum salary for the women’s league is 16,000 euros before taxes, compared to the 182,000 euros guaranteed for men in La Liga.
“Our players consider that after the Women’s World Cup title and the worldwide attention that women’s soccer has received it was a good moment to stand up, fight for their workers’ rights, and demand that the sport received the support it needs to truly develop,” Vega told The Associated Press. Liga F chief executive Pedro Vilches said that strike will hurt the league just when it should be taking advantage of the increased interest in women’s soccer. To start with, missing the first two rounds will cost clubs between 800,000 to 1 million euros , he said.
“There are companies . . . that have become hesitant in negotiations because they don’t want to associated with this type of scandal,” Vilches said. “And the strike does not help.” The creation of a women’s league independent from the federation was a landmark moment for women’s sports in the soccer-crazed country. That struggle has included other gains such as having games televised, more attention from the local sports media, and the all-powerful Real Madrid finally fielding a women’s team in 2020.
Vilches also said that the league estimates that any increase to the minimum wage would lead to increases up the pay scale.
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