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Spanish Dockers Strike

A category used to code a Spanish dockers strike which took place in 2017.

Most Spanish dockworkers do not join strike on June 21

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Many stevedores have decided not to join the strike called for today in most of the Spanish ports. As trade...

Spain’s Concasa Huelva signs agreement with stevedoring trade unions

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Concasa Huelva SL and trade unions signed an agreement which guarantees that the...

Spain’s OPCSA signs separate agreement with trade unions

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The stevedoring operator at Canary Islands ports, Operaciones Portuarias Canarias, SA (OPCSA) has joined the...

Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...

Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...

Spanish tile association warns against port strike consequences

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish association of ceramic tiles (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos...

Pasaia port dockers fully support June 21 strike

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The trade unions of dockers at Pasaia port totally supported the strike called for June 21. The dock workers...

Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...

Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...

Spain’s Pérez Torres operates ship during dock worker strike at Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Pérez Torres Marítima, S.L. has carried out an operation on a ship loaded with scrap...

Dock workers of five terminals at Barcelona port refuse to join strike

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The stevedores of five of the terminals of Barcelona port have not joined the strike called for June 19 by...

Bilbao port works at slower pace after 48-hour strike

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Bilbao port works at a “slower than usual” pace after the 48-hour strike by stevedores. Bilbao port...

Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...

A Coruna port incurs €110,000 loss due to dockworkers strike

A Coruna, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – A Coruna port incurred a loss of up to €110,000 ($111,929) due to the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, the...

Vigo port faces congestion risk due to dock workers strike

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has explained that the...

Spanish Congress ratifies stowage sector reform decree

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The Spanish Congress of Deputies has ratified by a simple majority the royal decree of reform of the...

Spanish government to guarantee car handling at ports by SAGEP employees

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will ensure that dockers of monopoly Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de...

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