Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Further pressure to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – The Asturian Federation of Entrepreneurs (Fade) has written to state administration Puertos del Estado...
The strike continues as Bilbao port loses business
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – There have been nearly 50 days of strikes at Bilbao port and neither side is giving ground as they seek...
Piraeus Port Authority signs labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced the successful completion of the negotiations between its...
APM Terminals Gijón benefits from Bilbao port labour strike
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – The stevedore strike at Bilbao port in Northern Spain has led shipping lines to seek alternative ports,...
Basque government asks central government to end port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, president of the Basque government, has formally asked the Prime...
Pasaia port benefits from strike at neighbouring Bilbao port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The ongoing strike by stevedores at Bilbao port has driven shippers to seek alternative ports to collect...
Bilbao Port Authority and companies require stevedores to accept arbitration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The Basque port of Bilbao has just started the second consecutive month of a stevedores’ strike...
Negotiations progress to resolve labour strike in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2020 – At a meeting of the State Sectoral Joint Commission, the Coordinadora and UGT labour unions have proposed...
Valencian port faces labour strikes next week
València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2020 – The works council of Centro Portuario de Empleo de Valencia is calling for strike action at the port of...
Port of Bilbao strike is entrenched – companies ask the administration to act
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 – The stevedores strike at Bilbao port is set to continue as trade unions have called for the action to be...
Bilbao port strike sees no end in sight – cargo traffic falling
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – The stevedoring strike in Bilbao port continues and is now in its third week. The first phase lasted from...
Port system of Genoa to receive €650,000 for labour costs
The Advisory Commission and the Management Committee have today approved the contributions to Compagnie Portuali di Genova e Savona both in relation to the...
Bilbao stevedoring companies request arbitration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – The strike by the stevedoring workers at the port of Bilbao threatens to last for a month, having...
Workers in Bilbao port call for labour strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2020 – The stevedores in Bilbao called multiple days of strike action during the month of October. Workers in the...
Venice port threatened by labour strike threat
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) September 28, 2020 – The trade unions of Cgil, Cisl, Uil of Venice are prepared for a 24-hour general strike next Wednesday...
Little progress at Taranto port talks
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2020 – A further meeting between trade unions and Yilport in Taranto port has failed to make any progress in...
Rijeka port hosts PANDORA event
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) July 12, 2020 – Rijeka port has hosted the first partnership meeting of Promoting Excellence in Skills for the Labour...