Labor conflict
Petronor and the unions face each other in court on charges of changing working conditions
The Bilbao Social Court is today holding the trial for the complaint filed by the Petronor trade unions against the company for a "substantial" change in working conditions, which has resulted in an indefinite strike. "The working day of the shift staff has been increased secretly (30 minutes more per day worked) as a result of the transfer of the locker room building," the unions denounce.
Confebask and the unions are meeting today in Bilbao after the government paralysed the Legislative Initiative calling for a minimum wage of its own
The meeting will take place in the Labour Relations Council, the day after the PNV and PSE Governments paralysed the processing of the initiative which sought to confer powers on the Basque Country to set its own minimum wage.
The works council has reported that Maderas de Llodio has started firing workers
Workers have said that there are "viable alternatives" to maintaining jobs and that they will continue to fight.
The workers of the Villaves have supported the continuation of the strike in a very tight vote
Vitoria's gardeners returned to work today after more than six months on strike
With the signing of the agreement and it in their hands, they left the Labour Relations headquarters happy yesterday. The agreement concluded with Enviser has gained the support of the majority of workers, including a 25% wage increase and a reduction in working hours.
"Both sides have made an effort to reach agreement on the proposed agreement"
Enviser, subcontracted by the City of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and workers' representatives (LAB, ELA and ESK) have reached a principle of agreement. This proposal could put an end to a conflict that has lasted more than six months. Both sides have held a meeting in Preco today and the approach to the positions reached at the previous meeting has materialized in a pre-agreement.
The Vitoria gardeners and the company have made an agreement
Principle of agreement in the Pamplona Urban Transport Agreement
Moventis TCC and the Works Council have reached a principle of agreement that will allow workers to vote on a proposal for a convention, as well as a commitment to end the stoppages until consultation.
The Medical Union of the Basque Country takes to the streets against the draft Framework Statute
Unemployment has continued differently in the three Basque provinces: in Bizkaia, 30 per cent of the professionals have supported the strike; in Gipuzkoa, 26.89 per cent; and in Álava, 16.52 per cent, according to Osakidetza.
Doctors take to the streets against the draft Framework Statute
Doctors demand a table of their own to negotiate working conditions. "We want to design and negotiate, because we have almost zero representation at that negotiating table," said Ana Santorcuato, representative of the Medical Union of the Basque Country.
Vitoria-Gasteiz gardeners and company Enviser have brought positions closer together at their last meeting
They had a long meeting in Preco this Thursday, but they came out hopeful. The workers will meet in assembly and the company will hold the relevant consultations with the aim of concluding the agreement at the next meeting.
Mass demonstration in Azkoitia to denounce the situation of the workers of Juaristi and Aitek
Juaristi is a company linked to the machine tool sector, created by the Aitek, which employs 130 workers, who have been in ERTE for months, owed money and lost 50 jobs in recent months.
Petronor's works council has declared minimum services "totally abusive" and will go to court
They have reported that Petronor's management "refuses" to provide the strike committee with the information it is obliged to provide so that they do not monitor and verify "everything it does not comply with" in accordance with the regulations.
Vitoria-Gasteiz's gardeners have been on strike for half a year, without progress and waiting for a major demonstration
The conflict has not seen the light of day, basically, of the gap between what gardeners demand (their own agreement, significant wage increases and decent conditions) and what the company and the City Council are prepared to take on, both economically and institutionally, and mediation has failed to bring both sides closer together.
Petronor workers start an indefinite strike because the new locker room means "an extension of the clandestine day."
The unions that make up the works council (UGT, CCOO, TU and ELA) were also unanimous in support of the strike, which will begin at 6 p.m. this Thursday.
LAB has announced a "hot autumn" for employers if it does not agree to negotiate its own SMI for the ACV
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."
Juaristi and Aitek of Azkoitia have denounced the "unsustainable situation" in which the workers of the companies are living
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."
Karey Solano of Lodosa has filed a contest to close the factory and fire the 36 workers
Gasteizko lorazainek sei hilabete beteko dituzte greban ostiralean eta manifestazioa deitu dute egun horretarako
Gaur goizean Gasteizen eskainitako prentsaurreko batean, Enviser enpresako langileek "borrokarekin jarraitzeko" asmoa agertu dute, "soldata duinak lortu arte". Gainera, langileak akordiorako prest agertu dira, baina hori lortzeko "Gasteizko Udalaren benetako inplikazioa" beharrezkoa dela uste dute.
They've called an indefinite strike at Maderas de Llodio since September 22
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."