Strikes
ELA and LAB believe that the working class and the union force have emerged "strengthened and closer to achieving their goal"
Yesterday's general strike was a "show of strength," according to the LAB and ELA unions
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.
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The Ertzaintza has arrested three people on the day of the general strike
They are charged with public disorder and five others are under investigation and 165 have been identified.
They report it's impossible to live with the current minimum wage
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.
Doctors have demonstrated in front of Donostia Hospital to demand a statute and a minimum wage of their own
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.
The Basque Government condemns the riots and defends social dialogue to achieve a minimum wage of its own
Spokeswoman Maria Ubarretxena has agreed to demand a minimum wage of her own, but not the path of confrontation to achieve it.
Pickets have damaged a shop in the Gran Vía de Bilbao
A number of people have entered the tent where the shutter was semi-closed, causing disturbances and material damage, the images show.
March 17 general strike in pictures
The unions ELA, LAB, Steilas, ESK, Hiru and Etxalde have called a general strike for today in Hegoalde for an SMI of their own, under the slogan 'Decide the minimum wage here.
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Pickets cut off the exit road from Bilbao in San Mamés
At the cry of "Today, general strike" and "Fighting is the only way," several people have closed the exit road from Bilbao, San Mamés, early in the morning.
The convening unions stress that the general strike for their own minimum wage is being "widely monitored"
ELA, LAB, Steilas, Etxalde and Hiru have pointed out that the activity is much lower than that of a regular working day and that traffic density has fallen significantly.
Mitxel Lakuntza claims that the general strike is "shared" in society and supported by the working class
In an interview with Euskadi Irratia, ELA's Secretary General, Mitxel Lakuntza, explained that the unions had to go on strike because the Basque Parliament had closed the door to the popular legislative initiative and the Confebask employers had refused to negotiate.
Domestic workers will join Tuesday's strike because of their working conditions
Although the right to strike is not guaranteed, domestic workers' groups will join Tuesday's mobilizations. To express their agreement with the strike, they will wear an orange bracelet on that day while working.
The convening unions expect the general strike of March 17 to be "successful"
ELA, LAB, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde have pointed out that the support for the strike is being "very broad" and that the working committees of 1,750 companies and hundreds of social partners have already joined the 24-hour unemployment.
A man has been identified after chaining himself to the fence of the Basque Parliament in an action in support of the general strike of 17 March
Agents of the Ertzaintza have asked him to be released and, by refusing to do so, an ertzaina has broken the chain with a shear and identified him, an action in which balls have also been thrown at the internal entrance of the Basque Parliament, in which LAB recalls the reasons for the call, as well as the fact that "there is a ball in the court" of the Basque Government to have its own minimum wage.
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Strike in public education canteens until Thursday
Today's unemployment will begin with mobilizations in Bilbao and tomorrow there will be protests in the three territories of the Basque Autonomous Community.
Monitors for all students and monitoring, among the minimum services established by the Government for the catering strike
The Basque Government has issued an order guaranteeing the "maintenance of essential service" in school canteens in the face of the strike called by the LAB and ELA unions for 10, 11 and 12 March. The aim of this measure is "to ensure that no minor is neglected while at the same time preserving the right of workers to strike".
School canteen companies have offered a 20% pay increase in five years and have called for the strike to be called off
The observers will stop on 10, 11 and 12 March because "no progress has been made" in the negotiations, according to the unions. The companies have assured that they have already accepted the main demands of the collective.