Spain: unions announce that they got 750,000 signatures to request a popular legislative initiative against the labor market reform

Five months later, they announced that they got 750,000 signatures (500,000 gathered by CCOO and 250,000 by UGT), i.e. 250,000 more than the 500,000 required to carry their bill through and have the Parliament debate it.  The trade unions calculated that, even if the electoral committee invalidates 10% of the signatures gathered, the bill has enough approval to go through the first obstacle.  The next step will be to bring the bill to Parliament for debate.  Then, the Parliament will have six months to admit the text for debate.
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UGT), i.e. 250,000 more than the 500,000 required to carry their bill through and have the Parliament debate it. The trade unions calculated that, even if the electoral committee invalidates 10% of the signatures gathered, the bill has enough approval to go through the first obstacle. The next step will be to bring the bill to Parliament for debate. Then, the Parliament will have six months to admit the text for debate.

The unions’ text notably provides for the removal of economic layoff jus

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