Trade unions.
Trade unions and government collide over the future of Reunited Tubes due to lack of clarity
The LAB and ESK unions have called for a more active role on the part of the Basque Government and have called for firm action in defence of industrial employment and greater transparency in the ongoing negotiations. The Government has insisted that the high accumulated debt isthe main problem of Reunited Tubes.
The protest called for Saturday by public health platforms has received broad support
more than 60 groups have joined the call. The demonstrations will depart at 12:00 in Bilbao (from Sacred Heart Square) and Vitoria (from Bilbao Square), and at 17:00 in Donostia (from Boulevard).
Torres. It has announced 'discrimination' if 'they do not want to participate'. In the Basque law on trade union participation
The Vice-President has stated that the future law will regulate "the consequences of the lack of participation of social partners" in order to make their participation "mandatory".
Several actors have asked EITB to reverse its decision to close ETB 3: "It can cause irreversible damage to the Euskera."
The Ertzaintza is holding trade union elections today, with a request to expand the workforce on the table
The 7,078 Ertzainas with voting rights must elect 60 representatives: 17 in Álava, 23 in Bizkaia and 20 in Gipuzkoa.
The Labour Inspectorate of the Basque Country has seized 42-47 temporary contracts in breach of the law in Tubos Reunidos
The works council held a meeting this morning with representatives of the Labour Inspectorate of the Basque Government in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and during the meeting dozens of workers protested on the doorstep.
Confebask will not attend tomorrow's meeting between ELA and LAB to negotiate his own minimum wage
The employers argue that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country ruled that negotiating this matter was "illegal." The assembly was scheduled to take place tomorrow, a week after the general strike of the 17M.
CCOO Euskadi has denounced the demonstration and veto campaign against the union
Commissions Obreras denounces a campaign of demonstrations against the union for its attitude towards the Euskera and linguistic profiles. Its Secretary General, Santi Martínez, has also censured the veto on participation in the Korrika and believes that the nationalist unions are acting against them "as an ultra organization would do."
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They report it's impossible to live with the current minimum wage
In the areas of care and cleaning, hospitality and tourism, shops, logistics and agriculture, it is customary in these areas to take the minimum wage as a reference for the establishment of wages. Workers report that they cannot live with what they receive and consider it essential to raise it to 1,500 euros in order to live in dignity.
Pickets have damaged a shop in the Gran Vía de Bilbao
A number of people have entered the tent where the shutter was semi-closed, causing disturbances and material damage, the images show.
March 17 general strike in pictures
The unions ELA, LAB, Steilas, ESK, Hiru and Etxalde have called a general strike for today in Hegoalde for an SMI of their own, under the slogan 'Decide the minimum wage here.
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A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
The convening unions stress that the general strike for their own minimum wage is being "widely monitored"
ELA, LAB, Steilas, Etxalde and Hiru have pointed out that the activity is much lower than that of a regular working day and that traffic density has fallen significantly.
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.
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.
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.
CCOO has asked ELA and LAB to "reorient" their SMI strategy
According to Unai Sordo, "it must have a minimum wage and then collective bargaining must bring the ball down to the ground" in the territories.
ELA and LAB will appeal the TSJPV ruling and increase mobilization in favor of their own minimum wage
They argue that the ruling guarantees the negotiation of a minimum wage and should force Confebask to negotiate.
