CCOO, LAB and UGT ask the Basque Government to mediate in the resolution of the metal conflict in Bizkaia

Euskaraz irakurri: Bizkaiko metalgintzaren gatazkan Eusko Jaurlaritzaren bitartekaritza eskatu dute CCOO, LAB eta UGT sindikatuek

Unions CCOO, LAB and UGTthe majority at the metal trading table in Bizkaia, have requested this Monday the mediation of the Basque government in the conflict opened by the renewal of the agreement “before the stagnation” of the conflict that already accumulates 11 days of strike.

The last meeting between the unions and the FVEM employers’ association was held on December 21, but the meeting ended without an agreement and without setting a date for a new meeting.”In this situation of absolute blockade and an employers’ association that despises the negotiation and that it is not responsible for the working conditions in the sector, we believe that the Basque Government can intervene and be an active actor to resolve the conflict”, the unions have highlighted.

They also recalled that the Bizkaia metal agreement is the main agreement due to the number of workers it affects, around 56,000.

For his part, he Department of Labor and Employment The Basque Government has reiterated its willingness to mediate in the Bizkaia Metal conflict to “seek an agreement” if “both parties” accept it.

According to sources from the aforementioned Department, this is what they have done in other conflicts that also seemed “irresolvable and entrenched” such as that of Tubacex, the cleaning of the Guggenheim Museum or Artiach, among others.

The same sources have recalled that it was the second vice-hendakari herself and Minister of Labor and Employment, Idoia Mendia, who on December 2 in the Basque Parliament made an express offer of mediation in her response to a parliamentary question formulated by EH Bildu and in presence of metal union representatives.