Stevedoring
The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.
Las Palmas port president says dockworkers to meet minimum services during strike
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, expressed...
EC urges trade unions, employers to negotiate and avoid strikes at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has urged the operators and stevedores’ trade unions at...
Spanish trade unions call port strikes on five more days
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring trade unions have called strikes for five more days in June, adding to the three planned...
Spanish government sets up commission to ensure minimum services during port strikes
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has set up a commission to monitor the strike at ports called by the...
Spanish trade unions to stage strikes at ports on June 5, 7, 9
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Cetm (Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar) said it plans to carry...
Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association...
IDC to change attitude towards EC over labour conflict at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), led by General Coordinator Jordi Aragunde and...
Spain’s Anesco calls on stevedoring trade union to stick to commitments
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de...
Lack of liberalisation of stevedoring in car segment to harm Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Dockworkers at Spanish ports are hoping to end the labour dispute over the next week, according to the leaders...
Spanish dockworkers to accept reduction of wages
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Spanish stevedores will accept a 10% cut in salary for the higher salaries, early retirement schemes and...
Spain’s Anesco rejects proposal for change in bylaws
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish association of ship consignees and dockworker employers Asociación Nacional de...
Spanish trade union CETM ratifies preliminary agreement to start talks with Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish stevedores trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) has ratified the preliminary...
Spanish trade union cancels first five days of strikes at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish stevedores trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) and employers union...
Spanish minister praises preliminary labour deal on port reform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has expressed his satisfaction that trade unions have...
Spanish public works minister says stevedores, employers have all tools to strike deal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna said that trade unions of stevedores and employers union...
Barcelona port president warns against consequences of potential strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president Sixte Cambra has warned that a strike at...
Spanish government calls on trade unions to cancel strikes at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has called on stevedores to dismiss the call...