Spain: CCOO define guidelines for the future

The text presented to the union’s federal council by Ignacio Fernandez Toxo was approved by 139 votes for and 16 abstentions on May 12th.  Key points Toxo mentioned included information about the state of the current bargaining process maintained by unions and employers to reform collective bargaining to make collective agreements more efficient.  He said the union was planning to quickly sign the agreement on collective bargaining which should be followed by the organization of an information campaign on work centers, paying particular attention to employees in small and medium-size businesses. 
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to reform collective bargaining to make collective agreements more efficient. He said the union was planning to quickly sign the agreement on collective bargaining which should be followed by the organization of an information campaign on work centers, paying particular attention to employees in small and medium-size businesses.

Working guidelines. The federal council’s report is banking on proximity unionism, based on more permanent and direct contact with employees on jobcenters, and define

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