Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17, 2019,...
Italian trade unions suspend talks on renewal of national contract for port workers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti has suspended the negotiations for the renewal of the...
Spanish trade union CCOO calls port workers strike on April 17
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – Spanish trade union CC OO union has called a strike of 21 hours of port workers on April 17. The reason is...
Norway-based WWO organises RoRo Academy at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WWO), in collaboration with Santander port,...
Koper port piloting services employees to launch strike in April
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – Koper port’s piloting services employees plan to launch a strike on April 3 to demand greater safety at...
Spain approves aid to longshoremen including in downsizing schemes
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Spain’s government has approved the Royal Decree-Law which develops the reform of the stowage sector...
Valenciaport Foundation signs cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Brazil and port associations
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – At the Intermodal South America fair, held in São Paulo from March 19 to 21, a cooperation agreement was...
Piraeus Port Authority sign labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced the signing of the New Collective Labour Agreement with the...
Transcont Valencia announces five days of strikes
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Autonomous truck drivers association Transcont Valencia association plans to carry out demonstrations on...
Valenciaport Foundation attends meeting of the SKILLFUL project in Dublin
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – On the 7-8 March, the Valenciaport Foundation attended a follow-up meeting of the SKILLFUL (Skills and...
Sintraport ends strikes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has decided not to call new mobilisations...
Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen’s conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who...
Barcelona port expresses willingness to dialogue with Sintraport
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport held a day of protest in the centre of Barcelona,...
Italian trade unions back Naples port workers strike against self-handling
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The national secretariats of Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti confirmed the support...
Spain’s Sintraport continues protest action in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – After five days of demonstrations and strikes in the port of Barcelona, Spanish autonomous truck drivers...
Spain’s Sintraport to continue protest action next week
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport plans to continue its protest action in...
Italian trade unions call strike of CULMV employees at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have called a strike of the employees of Genoa port...