Spain : social dialogue blocked on the question of prevention of risks at work

The first meeting of the brand new commission against industrial accidents (Mesa of prevencion of riesgos laborales) - which must participate in the elaboration of a strategy of health and safety at work for the period 2007-2011 – has ended on a blockage. Employers refuse the obligation of territorial union representatives for safety at work, asked by trade unions. (Ref 061166)
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The draft strategy worked out by the government and submitted to social partners. Trade unions and employers’ organizations met for the first time on November 15th – within this new authority created on October 20th of this year by the ministry of Employment to contribute to the elaboration of a “Spanish strategy for safety and health at work 2007-2011”. The objective of this plan is to act in court and especially in the long term, to increase the coherence and the rationality of activities und

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