National social dialogue breaks down

Spain

Discussions over the economic crisis involving the government, the CCOO and UGT trade union confederations and the CEOE employers’ organisation have broken down after the CEOE set out a series of “clarifications” regarding the current negotiations. The unions reaffirmed their commitment to the social dialogue and the need to discuss how to deal with the increase in unemployment. They said that the CEOE had undermined the negotiating process by trying to introduce a series of demands that were clearly unacceptable. These included reopening the debate on labour reform and the issue of the ease of dismissal, the conversion of recruitment agencies into for-profit agencies and the use of temporary employment in the public arena, cutting social security contributions and separating the reduction of corporate tax from any requirement to maintain employment.
Read more at > FSC-CCOO (ES)
And at > FSP-UGT (ES)

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