Strikes
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.
During the dining strike, Pedrosa has asked for respect for students taking food from outside if the school allows it
The Education Counsellor has asked that, after three days of strike last week by school canteen workers to demand an improvement in their working conditions, the previous situation should not be repeated after being called for 10, 11 and 12 March, because in some schools, students were deprived of food taken from their homes. Pedrosa has asked unions and companies "not to rise from the table" until an agreement has been reached, because they have a "good basis" for it.
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Doctors are on their last day of strike this week to demand their own status
The next stops will take place in the week from 16 to 20 March.
Dozens of social partners have joined the March 17 strike for their own minimum wage
"Having a minimum wage of its own in the Basque Country is a demand that benefits all the people who work and live in it," they said at a hearing in Bilbao.
The situation of the rivers, when will it stop? and the strike in Tubos Reunidos
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What do the doctors ask?
Medical unions demand their own Statutory Framework on the grounds that their profession has characteristics that distinguish them from the other professions in the health sector.
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Tubos Reunidos has announced more stops in February and March
The stops will coincide with the negotiating tables proposed by the company and will take place on 17, 23 and 26 February, and on 4 and 9 March. On this occasion, the Trapagaran plant will also join the mobilizations.
LAB has called for a strike in public school canteens in the ACV on 24, 25 and 26 February
The union alleges that the agreement is blocked, that the wage increases already agreed have not been paid and that there has been no progress in ratios, functions and working hours, a situation which, according to the union, is unsustainable and directly affecting the quality of service.
Minority trade unions in the railway sector continue the strike and minimum services are maintained
CGT, SF-Intersyndicate and Alferro have maintained the strike until Wednesday. The main unions, Semaf, CCOO and UGT, for their part, have called off the strike following the signing of an agreement with the Ministry of Transport for large investments in security.
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The train drivers are on strike after the train service crisis
The majority unions (CCOO, UGT and Semaf) decided to maintain the strike of 9, 10 and 11 February because they did not reach a satisfactory agreement with the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puente.