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…
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Valerio warns of pensions decree if Congress deadlocks
One day after pensioners scuffled with helmeted riot police outside Spain’s Congress Wednesday, Spain’s Labour minister has threatened that the government of…
Spaniards remain most receptive to refugees in Europe
Spaniards are the most receptive among Europeans to the arrival of refugees from war-torn countries, according to results of a recent global…
Congress votes to reinstate universal healthcare access
In a reversal of restrictions placed on healthcare access in 2012 by the conservative Partido Popular (PP) government of then-President Mariano Rajoy,…
Supreme Court orders gov’t to process asylum requests
Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) has ordered the Spanish government to step up processing of asylum requests in order to comply with…
Sánchez, Torra agree to disagree, continue dialogue
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and Catalan regional President Quim Torra held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Monday at the Moncloa presidential residence in Madrid,…
Spain gets more EU funding to handle migrant influx
The governments of Spain, Greece and Germany have reached a special trilateral agreement that will free up 25.6 million euros in funding…
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…
Sánchez gov’t pledges return to universal healthcare
The new Socialist party (PSOE) government of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has pledged to reinstate universal healthcare in Spain within the next…
PSOE lifts Rajoy veto of Podemos legislative initiatives
In the first real sign of a possible thaw in relations between Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) and leftwing rival Podemos , the…
Sánchez showcases progressive centre-Left government
► New cabinet includes 11 women, 6 men and first openly gay ministers ► ► Sánchez restructures ministries, brings 5 independents onto…
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…
LABOURFILE :: Intersindical – CSC
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…
LABOURFILE :: Intersindical – CSC
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…
InfoCircos petitions for EU-wide ban on circus animals
InfoCircos, a coalition of organizations working to stop the use of wild animals in circuses in Spain and across Europe, is going…
SEO/Birdlife volunteers embark on annual bird count
Spanish ornithological association SEO/Birdlife is mobilizing more than 1,000 volunteers this month to help count bird populations across Spain, part of the…
Spain readying appeal of Germany’s Puigdemont ruling
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena is studying an appeal to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), after…
Expert energy panel urges more renewables, tax on CO2
A 14-member expert panel set up by Spain’s government at the behest of Congress to advise on energy policies has issued a…
UGT, rights groups urge protection for domestic workers
Spain’s Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) trade-union federation has called on the the government to fully incorporate into Spain’s social security system…
Proactiva denounces campaign against refugee rescue
Spain’s Proactiva Open Arms refugee rescue organization has appealed to the European Parliament over what it says is a campaign of harassment…
Increase in minors among refugees cause for concern
The special representative of the Council of Europe’s general secretariat on migrations and refugees has announced a visit to Spain to look…
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…
Hundreds of thousands march on women’s day in Spain
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
Unidos Podemos follows PSOE in education pact walkout
► Unidos Podemos says PP stalling education reforms, calls for street protests ► Following the lead of the Socialist party (PSOE) one…
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…
Groups urge rural women to support 8-M feminist strike
► Rural women in Spain face even greater inequalities at workplace, in home ► Associations representing women in agricultural areas of Spain…
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…
Men call out macho behaviour in #TúTambién campaign
► Video campaign reminds men they too can be guilty of ‘machista’ conduct ► A social-media campaign featuring a video of male…
PP gov’t advances overseas aid plan rejected by NGOs
► Government to hold 2018 foreign aid spending to lowest levels since 1980s ► Spain’s governing Partido Popular (PP) has relied on…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras
Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors Without Borders,” is an international non-governmental organization that since…