Lab union.

Representatives of the LAB and Steilas unions have appeared in Vitoria-Gasteiz to explain their support for the day of unemployment called for on 15 October in Education. They have called on all members of the educational community to participate in the demonstrations in towns and cities and to show their support for Palestine.

All workers in the education sector are called on to strike, from children's schools to university.

The unions LAB, CCOO, UGT, ESK, STEILAS, CGT/LKN, ETXALDE and HIRU have announced the unemployment that will take place on October 15.

Confebask has registered a conciliation request to "force employers to negotiate" on the minimum wage for the Basque Country and has asked the Basque Government to act as a mediator in the conflict.

In a statement, the trade unions have stated that there will be "fighting, mobilisation and assemblies of workers" in the workplaces of Hego Euskal Herria.

The ELA and LAB unions warn that these psychologists "have no specialties and will not be able to diagnose or process any treatment." The Department of Health of the Basque Government has presented to the Osakidetza unions the pilot project that will establish the psychology service in primary care health centres.

LAB's General Coordinator, Igor Arroyo, has stated that if employers continue to "block" their proposal to implement SMIs of 1,500 euros gross, LAB "will create conflicts in all sectors that are table to table below those revenues." He has also called on lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, to "press" Confebask to "sit down at the negotiating table."

About a year ago the labor dispute broke out, workers from both companies have appeared.  They believe management has "a covert closure plan."  130 jobs and several families have been reported to be "in danger." 

In a statement, the works council has denounced that the company "has announced its intention to move 40% of its production to other workplaces, which is a relocation that threatens the future of the Madelas de Llodio plant and our region." 

The pensioners' movementhas protested that the People's Legislative Initiative (HEL) to supplement pensions to the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI) has not been taken into consideration by the Government. On the other hand, the LAB unionhas denounced the "judicial offensive" against the Euskera in public employment processes.

ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde will also mobilize on 20 September to demand that PNV and PSE-EE "rectify" their position and process an initiative to equate the minimum pension with the minimum wage.

The Works Council — LAB has three representatives and ELA, CC.00 and UGT, two — has asked the management to "suspend collective dismissal." 

Salatu du ziurgabetasun ekonomikoa aitzakia gisa erabiltzen ari dela lan-baldintzak prekarizatzeko. Horregatik, iragarri du bere helburua izango dela KPItik gorako soldata-igoerak negoziatzea eta, batez ere, Gutxieneko Soldata propioa sortzea.

ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde hope that the political parties will support the initiative and that the Basque Parliament will approve the proposal before the end of the year .

The union has appreciated the "great effort" of the forest firefighters, as well as the support of farmers, citizens and associations that have helped put out the fires this summer.

The trade unions ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde have described the campaign as a 'tremendous success' and have closed the collection of signatures before the deadline so that 'the Basque Parliament can demand the competence of the minimum wage as soon as possible'.

According to the annual report on trade union action presented by the union, 61% of the conflicts have focused on collective bargaining and the defence of public services. Territorially, the largest number of conflicts have taken place in Bizkaia, but in terms of the number of workers, most of the fighting has taken place in Álava. 

The gardeners of Vitoria-Gasteiz demonstrated on Monday in front of the Basque Government and Enviser, the company contracted by the City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz for the maintenance of the gardens, denouncing that they have already been on strike for four months to demand their own agreement and wage improvements, and that no progress has been made in the negotiation.

They believe that the proposal does not take into account the profits made by companies in recent years, nor the productivity generated by their workforce, and therefore does not aim at 'social cohesion or fair distribution of wealth'.