The CCOO and UGT unions have called for protest action on 27 November over a ruling from the Constitutional Court of Spain, which deemed the dismissal of a female employee over repeated sick leave as justified. The court’s decision relied on a modification to Spanish labour, introduced under the reform of 2012.
Spanish union leaders Unai Sordo, of the CCOO, and Pepe Alvarez, of the UGT, have called for protests across the country against a judgement that they believe represents the “final straw”. “No to dismissal for sickness! Defend your rights,” they say. According to the union leaders, the decision “contravenes fundamental articles of the Constitution and breaks labour law as we know it” and represents a “criminalisation of the sick worker”.
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