Strikes

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.

Called by the works council, they have been on indefinite strike since March 15 at the Amurrio plant. ELA, LAB and ESK supported unemployment and CCOO and UGT opposed it. The latter have from the outset demanded that the decision on the strike be taken in a referendum. 

Maria Ubarretxena, the spokeswoman for the Basque Government, believes that the end of the strike should be a 'priority' for the Minister of Health, while Monica García believes that the Basque Government can and should take some measures and asks whether it should 'encroach on competences'.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Unemployment would affect the lines between Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz, as well as those connecting Loiu airport with Donostia-San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Arrasate and all bus services in the Deba Valley.

The Department of Health has reported that these protests have led to a 50% increase in waiting lists and has urged the minister to reach an agreement with the unions.

The doctors at Osakidetza and Osasunbidea are informing their superiors that they will not perform the voluntary overtime that doctors do in the afternoon and that helps reduce waiting lists, known as "pawns," which will mean, among other things, a reduction in afternoon surgeries.

In total, more than 500 flights worldwide have been cancelled due to the strike called for this Friday by the staff of the Lufthansa cabin . 

The unions maintain the mobilization schedule, and if there is no agreement, they will strike again from 27 to 30 April. 

Groundfroce workers in charge of packing and other airport services will make stops on Monday, Wednesday and Friday due to discrepancies within the negotiation of the new collective agreement.

On Thursday he will meet with the Strike Committee to discuss the conflict points that have led to the mobilizations, and on Friday he will inform the Autonomous Communities of the situation at the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.

The health advisers of the Basque Country, Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands have sent a letter to the Minister of Health, Monica García, proposing an independent mediation of the Platform of Patient Organizations to facilitate dialogue between the strike committee and the Ministry and to unblock the strike.

Basque doctors have taken to the streets for the second time this week against the general statute agreed by the Ministry of Health. Medicuas, which calls on the Ministry of Health to have the power to negotiate working conditions. Gutxien services will be established until Friday to claim the rights of doctors. 

The stops will begin on March 27 and will take effect on April 1 (Wednesday), April 3 (Good Friday) and April 6 (Easter Monday). Workers demand that the CPI differential and purchasing power be maintained. Handling would affect all airports in the state where that company provides service.

In interviews with Radio Euskadi and Euskadi Irratia, the secretaries-general of LAB and ELA have stated that yesterday's demonstrations were "very massive, with up to 135,000 people gathered." "We have emerged strengthened," said LAB General Coordinator Garbiñe Aranburu. 

They are charged with public disorder and five others are under investigation and 165 have been identified.

In the areas of care and cleaning, hospitality and tourism, shops, logistics and agriculture, it is customary in these areas to take the minimum wage as a reference for the establishment of wages. Workers report that they cannot live with what they receive and consider it essential to raise it to 1,500 euros in order to live in dignity.

Called by the Basque Medical Union, doctors have joined the demands of the general strike of the 17M. Doctors began their second week of strike yesterday to demand their own status.