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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 Government calls in Madrid for regulatory changes to speed up the consolidation of public employees
The Basque Country has indicated the desirability of taking measures to reduce the interinity rate at the\u00A0Maria Ubarretxena Government Spokesperson and Minister Oscar Lopez at the working meeting. The process of concurrence has gone from around 50% to around 14% and is expected to approach 8% by the end of the legislature.
Justice confirms the exclusion of a candidate with autism from an opposition for persons with intellectual disabilities in Vitoria-Gasteiz
The TSJPV ruling concludes that it did not officially prove an intellectual disability equal to or greater than 33%, which was required by the basis of the call.
The owner of La Gilda del Norte must pay a fine of 18,000 euros for employing workers in an irregular situation
In addition to the fine, he will also have to pay EUR 7,500 in civil liability.
1,033,410 contributors were registered in the Basque Country in March, 5,003 more than in February and 10,971 more than in March 2025
As for unemployment, in March there were 107,173 people registered in Lanbide, 179 more than in February and 1,141 less than a year ago.
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.
Mental health and waiting lists, keys to the rise of absenteeism in Navarre
67% of workers had no casualties in 2025, but a small group concentrated most of the days of absence, according to the Absenteeism Barometer.
The workers of Tubos Reunidos have concentrated on the esplanade of San Mamés in Bilbao
In the run-up to the Athletic-Betis match, they have expressed their opposition to the ERE and the closure of the steelworks. They have also criticised the process of adhering to voluntary leave and have doubts about the registration of 301 workers.
Domestic workers will join Tuesday's strike because of their working conditions
Although the right to strike is not guaranteed, domestic workers' groups will join Tuesday's mobilizations. To express their agreement with the strike, they will wear an orange bracelet on that day while working.
Tubos Reunion in Amurrio has called an indefinite strike since March 16
Unemployment will officially begin on the night shift on March 15 (22:00), but by that date a four-hour stoppage was also called in an earlier call, so the plant would stop from 18:00 on Sunday afternoon.
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.
Last year the Labour Inspectorate detected irregularities in 60% of the activities carried out in the Basque Country in connection with working hours
According to the data provided, the Labour Inspectorate of the Basque Country carried out 20,191 interventions last year, in which 1862 offences were detected - EUR 10.4 million - and 26,959 revised contracts, of which 1,788 were converted into indefinite and full-time contracts.
Seven factories that make up the Sarralle Group will launch a six-month regulatory report
They need Mercedes Vitoria assembly staff
Adecco has reported in a statement that to be eligible it is necessary to have Vocational Training, preferably Higher Level, prior experience in the industrial or self-propelled sector, ability to read technical plans and readiness to work both in shifts and in fixed afternoon shifts.
The sheriff, a profession that is about to disappear, is still indispensable in small towns
The bailiffs are municipal workers, they have all kinds of duties, and they are known to all the citizens for so many hours in the streets, but in some villages they have to do a difficult job, because the fines are the responsibility of the bailiffs.
The Ministry of Labour proposes an increase in the minimum wage of 3.1% to €1,221 gross per month
The Spanish Government will meet with the social partners to negotiate an increase in the Interprofessional Minimum Wage
The year 2026 starts at the same amount as the end of 2025; that is, the minimum wage is €1,184, divided into fourteen payments.
Unemployment has risen in the Basque Country in 2025, but the number of members has also increased
The fall in unemployment in the Basque Country has broken the trend with 107,434 unemployed, 54 more than in 2024, while in Navarre it has fallen by 872 people.
ELA warns that 57 workers have died in industrial accidents in Hego Euskal Herria by 2025, 35 of them in Navarre
On the other hand, LAB has increased the number of deaths to 74, taking into account Basque workers killed abroad, although work-related deaths have increased again this year.
The retirement age will rise to 66 years and 10 months in 2026 in Hego Euskal Herria
From 1 January 2026, in order to be able to retire with 100% of the pension, workers who have contributed less than 38 years and three months may retire at the age of 66 and 10 months, that is, two months after 2025.