Spain: for labour unions and labor inspectors, social dumping is a priority

The labor inspection and union organizations are scrutinizing the working conditions of immigrants. ThyssenKrupp Taragone is one of the companies targeted. It is suspected of laying off Spanish employees to hire foreign workforce. (Ref 06875)
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Labor inspectors on construction sites in the Basque region. The labor inspection in the Basque region opened an inquiry into a Portuguese firm operating in Spain, suspected of employing Portuguese workforce paid below the Spanish lawful minimums. The firm, Construçoes Bom Projecto Unipessoal LDA, acts as a subcontractor of the firm Norbrick, itself subcontractor of the Basque firm Eraikuntza Birgaikuntza in Etxebarri, around Bilbao. According to the labour union CCOO, which alerted the labor i

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