Industry
Tubos Reunidos has offered 42 permanent workers the possibility of joining voluntary leave under the conditions of temporary workers
The Labour Inspectorate, at a meeting held on Wednesday with the committee and the company, found that there were 42 to 47 temporary contracts made in Tubos Reunidos in breach of the law, so the company has had to make these workers permanent, which the unions explained had been extended until 31 March.
Otxandiano has asked the Basque Government to knock on all doors to try to maintain the employment of Tubos Reunidos and explore the slightest possibility
EH Bildu's spokesman,Pello Otxandiano , has stated in an interview with Euskadi Irratia that today he will contact the secretaries-general of ELA, LAB, CCOO and UGT to present the specific proposal put forward by EH Bildu to resolve the issue of language profiles, which is already on the table of PNV and PSE-EE.
Tubos Reunidos has filed an Employment Regulation File with 285 redundancies
More than 200 workers (152 Amurrio and 53 Trapagaran) have been on voluntary leave, while temporary workers (about 80) will be fired at the end of the month.
The Basque Government appreciates the inclusion of the decalogue of lehendakari in measures against the energy crisis
The Basque Government believes that the reduction of the electricity bill will help families and the Basque industry, but it lacks specific measures for industrial companies that have suffered a double, tariff and energy shock over the past year.
The Basque Government launches an industrial shield of EUR 1047 million to deal with the consequences of the war in the Middle East
The package responds to the demands of the Basque industrialist in a context of growing geopolitical uncertainty and will be structured around four main axes: protection of employment, financial support for SMEs, diversification of SMEs and energy autonomy.
News: general strike of the 17M, government measures to deal with the energy crisis and voluntary redundancies in Tubos Reunidos
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They started an indefinite strike at the Tubos Reunion plant in Amurrio against the ERE
On the night shift the workers of Amurrio of Tubos Reunited have started an indefinite strike, ending on Friday the consultation period of the ERE file without agreement.
The workers of Tubos Reunidos have concentrated in Bilbao coinciding with the last meeting of the employment file
The workers of Tubos Reunidos have concentrated at the gates of the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, while representatives of the works council and management are holding the last meeting of the consultation period to negotiate the ERE.
Jáuregui asks "who is brave" who dares to invest in Tubos Reunidos
The Minister of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability of the Basque Government, Mikel Jauregi, has wondered "who is brave" who dares to invest in Tubos Reunidos, in addition to the accumulated debt, now affected by the effects of the war in the Middle East. On Radio Euskadi, Jauregi has warned of the "double shock" that this has caused in the Basque industry.
There will be news: the vote on the Tubos Reunidos employment file, the first message from Mojtaba Khamenei and the letter from Pradales to Sanchez
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Euskadi and the Canary Islands urge the urgent convening of the Conference of Presidents for the war in Iran
News: The price of oil, the activation of the industrial shield in the Basque Country and the indefinite strike in Tubos Reunidos
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"Scattered landscapes": paintings of the Basque industry at the San Telmo museum
The work of cartoonist Gerardo D'Aabraira is exhibited at the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian. The exhibition is called "Scattered landscapes" and contains works from the last half century.
News: the meeting of the Industrial Defence Group, the anniversary of the attacks of 11 March and the pre-agreement in the canteens of the public schools of the ACV
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The Industry Defense Team is meeting today in the face of the uncertainty created by the conflict in the Middle East
Imanol Pradales on Hithium: "What is good for Navarre is good for our country"
Lehendakari Pradales wanted to publicly congratulate President María Chivite and Counsellor Irujo, although he acknowledged that the Basque Government has also done a great job in attracting the Hithium project to the Basque Country. He described the choice of Navarre as "very good news", recalling that "it could have landed anywhere else in Europe".
The Basque automotive sector invoiced 24,853 million euros in 2025, 1.9% less
Iñigo Ansola: "I'm glad a big investment is coming to the Basque Country"
After learning that the Chinese company Hithium Energy has abandoned its intention to come to the Basque Country and bet on Navarre, the president of the Buru Batzar Bizkaia, Iñigo Ansola, has said that it will not enter the territorial competition.
Starting a "success story" with the announcement of the establishment of the Hithium in Navarre
Maria Chivite, who, together with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and the directors of the Chinese multinational, has formalized the announcement made yesterday in Madrid, has stressed that work is being done on the agreement "prudently", among other things, because the location of the plant remains to be decided. In any case, Hithium's choice of Navarre is a sign of Navarre's commitment to energy and job creation policies, as well as Hithium's desire to expand to Europe.
News: Strike in Basque public school canteens, Hithium's investment in Navarre and Iran's war is "almost over"
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