Labor conflict
Relatives of users of nursing homes in Gipuzkoa report the consequences of the strike
Their relatives have denounced the increasing precariousness of care for the elderly in Gipuzkoa's nursing homes. Workers in Gipuzkoa's residences and day centres have been on strike for 110 days for a new agreement.
Three more strike days have been called for March in school canteens
The stops will take place on 10, 11 and 12 March, given the "deadlock" currently in the negotiations.
Gipuzkoa residential workers locked up at the Donostia Women's House
A hundred workers from Gipuzkoa's nursing homes, convened by ELA, have been locked up since yesterday at the Donostia Women's House in order to obtain social protection and demand the "immediate intervention" of the Provincial Council in the labour dispute.
Tubos Reunidos Workers mobilize in Bilbao at the ERE meeting to assist the committee in the face of the news
More than 300 workers have come to Bilbao to participate in the protest, according to the committee.
Another day of strike in Tubos Reunidos, coinciding with the negotiating meeting of the file
Workers have to make a 24-hour stop this Monday to put pressure on management and improve the conditions of the ERE.
News: Medical strike, mobilization of workers from Tubos Reunidos and Maderas de Llodio, and monitoring session in the Basque Parliament
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Workers from Tubos Reunidos and Maderas de Llodio are mobilizing against EREs in Álava today
From the San José roundabout of the Alavesa town, the mobilization called by the works councils of both companies and the SOS Aiaraldea platform is expected to gain the support of the citizens of Aiaraldea.
The workers of Reunited Tubes are on strike, coinciding with the meeting between the committees and the management
Workers at the Amurrio plant called stops for 17, 23 and 26 February and 4 and 9 March. The LAB and ESK unions at the Trapagaran plant have also called stops for the same days.
Doctors start their first week of strike in favor of a Statutory Framework on Monday
The Spanish Minister of Health, Monica García, has on several occasions refused to create such a written rule for doctors.
Workers at the Zubieta incinerator have announced mobilizations for a new agreement
They have reported that they have made several attempts to negotiate "an agreement that protects the health of workers", each of which has received "only a refusal from the company".
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.
Bengoetxea believes that to ensure the viability of Tubos Reunidos "debt restructuring is necessary"
Interviewed on the radio programme "Faktoria" by Euskadi Irratia, the Vice-President of the Basque Government and Counsellor for Culture and Linguistic Policy, Ibone Bengoetxea, has stated that in this restructuring of the debt the Government will be "travelling partner".
Cebek believes that the indefinite strike "is not the solution" and that for Tubos Reunidos it would be "the end"
Cebek's president, Guillermo Buces, recalled that the Vizcaina employers warned that this company "has a very large part of its production destined for the American market, about 45% or 50%," and that "if that market, by imposing a 50% tariff, suddenly disappears, you have a serious problem that compromises your viability."
Tubos Reunidos has temporarily closed the 2025 financial year with losses of EUR 71.3 million
The turnover increased by 13%, but the low average sales price has caused the company's debt to rise to €263.2 million. The company, which has factories in Amurrio (Álava) and Trapagaran (Bizkaia), has stated in a statement that they need to quantify the damage caused by the fall in activity in the United States.
Tubos Reunion strike starts tonight in Amurrio pending regulatory report
The management will meet this Monday with the trade union representation of the two factories and report on the ERE.
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.
The Tubos Reunion Works Council has called for the suspension of the ERE, opening the way to "fighting"
"Our position is firm, we want to say loud and clear: do not deceive Basque society, neither Tubos Reunidos, nor the institutions, nor the Basque Government, because it is a company that has received a lot of public money, more than 100 million, to ensure its viability and to maintain industrial activity and employment," they explained.
ELA, LAB, CC. OO. and ESK unions Ertzaintza in Vitoria for "peaceful" protesters They have denounced the "attacks" against them
The Alavesa capital has mobilized to demand job improvements in the social intervention sector in Álava.
ACV taxi drivers have demonstrated in Bilbao against the "abuses" of VTC platforms
They have reported that in Bizkaia the "flow" of new licences for these vehicles is "constant", authorized by the Provincial Council. They have reported that in Gipuzkoa the situation is different because no new licences are granted, while in Álava they say that "institutional resistance is greater".
ELA has registered a strike in social initiative centres on 20 January and has asked the new director of Kristau Eskola to change his attitude
The head of Education of ELA, Mira Zubizarreta, has recalled that the agreement of February 2024 came after 14 days of strike and that, at present, some of the "relevant contents" that were signed in that agreement "are not being complied with by the employers".