Spanish women football players’ strike ends

The players in Spain’s women’s soccer league have called off their strike after reaching a deal to increase minimum wage.

The first set of games in the league was postponed because of the strike, but the second round of matches will now go ahead as scheduled. The minimum salary for the women’s league until now was 16,000 euros ($17,100), compared to 182,000 euros ($195,000) for the men’s league.

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The new deal will increase the minimum wage for the women’s league to 21,000 euros ($22,500) this season with a prospect to reach 23,500 euros ($25,200) by season 2024/2025. Depending on league’s revenue, salaries can go even higher than that.

Last season 80 out of 334 players made less than 20,000 euros ($21,400) per year, while the average salary was about 40,000 euros ($42,900).