Over 21 million people in work in Spain for first time ever

STORY: Over 21 million people in work in Spain for first time ever DATELINE: July 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people working in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): NADIA CALVINO, Spain's acting Minister for Economy 3. various of Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's tweeter about the country's employment STORYLINE: The quarterly Inquest into the Active Population (EPA), published by the Spanish Statistical Office on Thursday, shows that over 21 million people are in work in Spain for the first time ever. 21,956,700 people are now in work in Spain, which is the highest number ever recorded. That is thanks to the creation of 610,000 jobs in the private sector (due mainly to the arrival of the holiday season and the creation of jobs in the service sector), while the number of workers in the public sector dropped by 6,200. Meanwhile, the number of people registered as unemployed fell by 365,300 between April and June, dropping the total number of people out of