European Court supports Spain’s push for overtime pay
? Gov’t requirement for accurate logs of hourly work gets backing from ECJ ? 376K Spaniards had been working 2.96mn overtime hours…
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Barcelona to convert municipal zoo to animal sanctuary
► 2,000 animals from 300 species await transfer to sanctuaries worldwide ► 11 endangered species to remain at zoo pending release into…
Court orders pay rise for NGO workers soliciting support
The highest court in Spain’s central region of Castilla-León has ordered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit associations operating in Spain to stop…
Gov’t plan aims to reverse Spaniards’ migration abroad
A plan announced late last month by the government of President Pedro Sánchez to underwrite the return to Spain of as many…
Hazte Oír group uses Hitler image to attack ‘Feminazis’
Ultra-right group Hazte Oír has launched a new campaign using an image of Adolf Hitler to try to discredit gender violence laws…
Podemos sinks pensions reform initiative in Congress
A last-ditch effort prior to upcoming national elections in April to push through Congress reforms to Spain’s public pension system was torpedoed…
CCOO tells youth to organize for better, stable jobs
The leader of Spain’s largest trade-union federation has called on Spanish youth to reject the precarious employment situation that they have been…
Pay gap means women working ‘free’ for rest of year
The chronic pay gap that exists between men and women performing the same task in workplaces across Spain effectively means that from…
Spanish Left, feminists split on approach to prostitution
Spain’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Social Security has officially called for the Fiscalia government prosecutors’ office to begin legal proceedings to…
Proposed budget deal includes social spending rise
President Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) and Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias signed an accord Thursday for increased social…
Congress gives nod to cost-of-living index for pensions
The congressional committee on public pensions reform has agreed in principle an all-party accord to modify the formula for calculating public retirement…
Labour, business leaders agree minimum wage rise
Leaders of Spanish labour and business federations on Monday signed a long-awaited accord that if confirmed by the membership of their respective…
Catalan nationalism divides Spain’s labour movement
The issue of Catalonia’s independence from Spain appears to be dividing the country’s labour movement, both nationwide and at the regional level…
Rajoy digs in, ties pensions rise to budget negotiations
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
Women to strike Thursday for equal pay, gender equality
► 82pct of Spaniards support strike demands of equal pay, gender quality ► Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of women throughout…
LABOURFILE :: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) ~ National Confederation of Labour
The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT, or National Confederation of Labour), is the modern-day successor to Spain’s historic anarcho-syndicalist trade union that…
Women’s strike gets Catholic archbishop’s ‘imprimatur’
► Work stoppages, rallies, marches set for national Women’s Strike Thursday ► The national 8-M Huelga Feminina women’s strike scheduled for International…
PSOE calls for equal-pay monitoring, dispute arbitration
► Socialist proposal catches PP gov’t on back foot over Rajoy on-air remark ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) says it plans to…
UGT, CCOO support 8th March national women’s strike
► Two one-hour work stoppages scheduled for morning, afternoon shifts ► Spain’s two largest trade union federations, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO, “Workers Commissions”)…
How big is Spain’s pay gap between men and women?
►Women earn 14.9% less hourly, 22.9% less per year for same work as men ► The gap in pay for the same…
Bright jobs figures hide Spain’s temporary work problem
► 60% of workforce in temporary-contract jobs, can’t find full-time employment The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated Monday that while unemployment in…
Union plan aims to help gender violence victims at work
? Clerical workers union launches plan to get women counseling, protection ? A Spanish labour union representing administrative and clerical workers in…
LABOURFILE :: Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) ~ Syndicated Worker’s Union
The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) is a Spanish trade union that emerged in the 1950s out of Spain’s Catholic Workers movement and…
Battle brews over proposed change to pensions formula
► Focus on number of years used to calculate worker retirement benefits ► A fresh battle is brewing in Congress over a…
LABOURFILE :: 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…