Spain: metalworkers call for a strike on October 28

Sectoral consequence of the national fracture in social dialog. This call is the implementation of the strategy unions designed last summer after social dialog attempts failed and after they couldn’t come up with a joint approach to the crisis and the degrading labor market situation (see our dispatch No. 090713). After negotiations were broken off, the spokesmen of the two largest unions criticized the strategy of the employers’ confederation (CEOE), accusing it of using the freeze in collective bargaining to impose, at all costs, a labor market reform turned towards “free and easy” layoffs and reduced social protection. According to unions, 1,846 collective agreements are currently paralyzed by employers’ organizations, affecting three million employees. UGT and CCOO also denounce the fact that employers knowingly boycott 369 agreements already signed.
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towards “free and easy” layoffs and
reduced social protection. According to unions, 1,846 collective agreements are
currently paralyzed by employers’ organizations, affecting three million
employees. UGT and CCOO also denounce the fact that employers knowingly boycott
369 agreements already signed.

Rehearsal before the general
strike
. The call
for strike in metalworking is the first show of strength against employers
since the conflict began. It could be a rehearsal before the general strike
un

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