Spain: interview of Felipe Lopez, general secretary of the CCOO’s manufacturing federation

Felipe Lopez.  The manufacturing union federation of the CCOO is the key manufacturing federation in Spain.  It covers the iron and steel industrial, shipbuilding, defense, aerospace, information and communication technologies (ICTs), electronics, automotive, the entire manufacturing part and the production of electric power, in addition to electricity production and coal mining.  This is the result of a series of merges that took part within the framework of a project we are doing within CCOO to create federations that cover similar activities in different sectors.  The idea is that we can only defend the interests of manufacturing workers if our organization is very present in the manufacturing sector.  This is the central philosophy at the heart of the construction of this federation. 
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e CCOO, to give us his view on his organization’s expectations in terms of industrial policies and on the ongoing talks around a general metal collective agreement. (Ref. 110246)

  • What sectors does your federation cover?

Felipe Lopez. The manufacturing union federation of the CCOO is the key manufacturing federation in Spain. It covers the iron and steel industrial, shipbuilding, defense, aerospace, information and communication technologies (ICTs), electronics, automotive, the entire ma

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