Catalan railway workers' trade unions issued a six-day strike notice to protest against the way the transfer of the suburban train networks management from the State to the region is negotiated. Worried about the repercussions on working conditions, they refuse to stay away from the negotiation table. (Ref. 070769)
This warning comes at a time when the Spanish government has just announced that after Catalonia, regions which ask for it will be able to obtain the management of the local railway network (cercanias) belonging to the national railroad company Renfe. The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure declared that he was ready to extend the agreement concerning the transfer of railroad management approved in Catalonia in 2006 during the global negotiation for the region’s new status, which shou
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