Spain: the metal and textile-chemistry federations of CCOO start the last lap before the merger

The federal councils of the two federations announced that the congress which will definitely create the Comisiones obreras industry federation (FI-CCOO) will be held on February 19 and 20, 2009. The federation will gather 240.000 members and 30.000 representatives elected from 14.000 workshops. (Ref. 080299)
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After years of preparation, the federal council of the Comisiones obreras (CCOO) approved, on April 24, 2007, the merger of its two largest federation, that of the metallurgy sector and that of the textile-chemistry sector – and their affiliates – opening the way for a single industry federation representing the interests of over two million workers (see our dispatch No. 070375). The FI-CCOO will be formally created after the congress in February 2009, which will ratify the dissolution of the t

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