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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...

Avilés port trade unions express concern over workforce downsizing

Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Avilés port’s trade unions committee has expressed concerns that the incorporation of new technologies,...

Huelva port hosts event for recruitment of river cruise ships staff

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) plans to hold an “Employment on board”...

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 stevedores, employees to meet on May 22 to discuss sector reform

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish stevedores’ trade unions and companies will hold their first meeting after the approval in...

EC says Spanish port reform decree complies with rules

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said that the decree approved yesterday by the Spanish parliament to liberalise the...

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