The Commission, however, does not rule out the resumption of future stops, and for the time being it has called two days of strike and mobilisation for 26 and 28 May.

Mitxel Lakuntza, general secretary of the ELA union, has condemned the company's "deplorable management" in recent years, with "170 million debt generated by shareholders."

Most of those meeting today at the Amurrio factory have decided to call off the strike and start 24-hour stops.

It's a lot of tension at the Amurrio factory after the latest trade union movements and the change of scenery after the creditor competition.

They call for an agreement for the sector to ensure decent working conditions. Many events have already been cancelled and incidents are expected at concerts, theatres and congresses today.

A court in Vitoria-Gasteiz last Tuesday declared seven companies belonging to the Tubos Reunidos Group to be in voluntary competition with creditors and appointed PKF-Attest Concursal as their competition administrator.

Both unions, together with ELA, have convened an assembly on Friday to decide whether to continue unemployment.

The reduced rates of fuel (petrol, diesel and biofuels, and partial return of professional diesel) and hydrocarbon tax will remain in force until 30 June, as inflation for these products remains above the 15% threshold set by the government in April.

Workers report "organizational breaches", as well as lower earnings compared to other municipal workers, and a lack of staff at mass events. According to ErNE, agents have begun to strictly apply all regulations and have stopped carrying out reinforcements and overtime.

The president of the Biscay employers CEBEK, Guillermo Buces, has described labour disputes as "contrary to the progress of society" and has called on all trade unions to sit down with employers to change their model of relationship.

The purpose of the Assembly is to convey to all workers the assessment of the situation and to establish the lines of action for this new phase marked by the indefinite strike and the company's creditor competition.

Egoitz Markaida, spokesman for the Interino Group, reiterates that these workers met the entry requirements and believes that they should be consolidated.

The first edition of the music festival will begin with the denunciation of the working conditions of the entertainment staff, with the cancellation of Friday's schedule from 21:00 to 22:00.

In response to a question from EH Bildu Senator Josu Estarrona, the First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of the Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, has assured that the Government will "in the coming weeks" analyse the situation of Tubos Reunidos, currently in competition with creditors, and has committed itself to exploring "all legal avenues" to seek the viability of a company that it considers "strategic."

Seven companies belonging to the Tubos Reunidos group have been declared in competition with voluntary creditors Gasteiz court, ETA PKFAttest Concursal S.L.P. has been appointed as competition administrator.