Spain
The general secretaries of the CCOO and UGT confederations have written to Juan Somavia, director general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), asking him to intervene urgently over the breakdown in social dialogue. Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, has written in support of their request. The unions argue that the government has pushed through its labour reform proposals without any negotiation or consultation. They will be submitting a formal case to the ILO claiming that the government has infringed key ILO conventions. They also point out that the government action violates the agreement that the unions had recently signed with the employers’ organisations shortly before the labour reform was approved.
Read more at > FSC-CCOO (ES)
And at > FSP-UGT (ES)
