CCOO takes on Hazte Oír, VOX for anti-LGBT campaign
► Labour federation files formal complaints over Hazte Oír, VOX campaigns ► CCOO says mass-mailing to schools is clearly homophobic, attacking diversity…
► Labour federation files formal complaints over Hazte Oír, VOX campaigns ► CCOO says mass-mailing to schools is clearly homophobic, attacking diversity…
The leader of Spain’s largest trade-union federation has called on Spanish youth to reject the precarious employment situation that they have been…
► Two one-hour work stoppages scheduled for morning, afternoon shifts ► Spain’s two largest trade union federations, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO, “Workers Commissions”)…
• Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) ~ Workers’ Commissions • The Comisiones Obreras (CC00, or ‘Workers Commissions’) is Spain’s largest trade-union federation, having grown…
• Repeal of ‘labour reforms’ by PP in 2012 & Zapatero in 2010 high priorities • PSOE, unions to focus on measures…
• Unions to protest PP ‘intransigence’ in negotiating labour law changes • Three-days of rallies, marches to culminate in Sunday demo in…
• Socialist PM Zapatero’s austerity cuts angered voters, began slide in support • Labour leader fears PSOE crisis could trigger ‘long rightwing…
• Focus on rise in 655 euros/month min wage, defense of pensions levels • Spain’s largest labour union, the Comisiones Obreras (Workers’…
• Fernández Toxo says it will take until 2021 to return to pre-crisis job levels • Says anemic recovery built on ‘highly…
In a televised address Saturday evening on the state of Spain’s coronavirus crisis, President Pedro Sánchez made crystal clear that the primary…
Spain’s leading labour union federations have called for vigilance against what they say is a campaign of gender-violence denial that threatens the…
Spain’s trade-union movement took to the streets Wednesday, marching in more than 70 cities nationwide and demanding that the next government dismantle…
Hundreds of thousands of women and their supporters across Spain turned out for marches and rallies linked to Friday’s 8m Huelga Feminista…
Spain’s largest labour unions have agreed to back the upcoming 8th March national feminist strike with various work stoppages and actions, marking…
Spain’s government, miners’ unions and coal operators have inked a deal that will end coal mining in Spain before the new year…
Leaders of Spanish labour and business federations on Monday signed a long-awaited accord that if confirmed by the membership of their respective…
The issue of Catalonia’s independence from Spain appears to be dividing the country’s labour movement, both nationwide and at the regional level…
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
A 14-member expert panel set up by Spain’s government at the behest of Congress to advise on energy policies has issued a…
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
► 82pct of Spaniards support strike demands of equal pay, gender quality ► Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of women throughout…
► Work stoppages, rallies, marches set for national Women’s Strike Thursday ► The national 8-M Huelga Feminina women’s strike scheduled for International…
► Unions plan workplace assemblies to discuss gender inequality on the job ► It’s official: hundreds of thousands of workers affiliated with…
► Government to hold 2018 foreign aid spending to lowest levels since 1980s ► Spain’s governing Partido Popular (PP) has relied on…
► Women receive €500/month less, avg pensions-gap 41% in some regions ► Spain’s leading trade union federations are calling special attention to…
► LGBTI Equality Law currently stalled in congressional amendment process ► Twenty-six Spanish non-governmental organisations and trade unions have called on political…
The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) is a Spanish trade union that emerged in the 1950s out of Spain’s Catholic Workers movement and…
► Focus on number of years used to calculate worker retirement benefits ► A fresh battle is brewing in Congress over a…
A guide to Spain’s leading trade unions from Progressive Spain: Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) ~ Workers’ Commissions Spain’s largest trade-union federation, founded in…