Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
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 stevedoring employers send labour reform proposal to trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The employers association of dockworkers in Spain has sent a proposal to trade unions, including a clause that...
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 dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...
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...
Completion of first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in creating 300-500 jobs
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Completion of the first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in 300-500 new jobs according to the...
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...
Canarian entrepreneurs not affected by strike of dockworkers
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Canarian entrepreneurs have not been affected by the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, beyond the delay in the...
Valencia port says loses €2 million due to strikes of dockworkers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The first three days of strike in the stowage sector led to economic losses of more than €36 million ($40.2...
IDC calls strike in solidarity with Spanish dockworkers
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a two-hour strike on June 29, that will also affect...