second-biggest bank to cut around 16% of its staff in its home market.
BBVA said last month that it was planning to cut 3,800 jobs and close almost a quarter of its branches, to adapt to a customer shift towards online banking.
The rallies in Madrid, Barcelona and smaller cities as far-flung as the islands of Gran Canaria and Mallorca follow calls from
the government to rein in top bankers' wages as the sector plans layoffs.
The
In central Madrid, Ana Maria Rodriguez, who has worked at
BBVA for five years, came to march with her three year-old daughter in a pram because she could not afford a babysitter.