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Trade Union Focus on Development - Issue 67 (June-July 2017)
27-07-2017
This month: Trade Unions were at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2017, the European Development Days 2017 and the Africa-EU Intercontinental CSO Forum.
Barcelona Football Club: ITUC Appeals to Voting Members and Fans to Reject Qatar Airways Deal
02-07-2015
The ITUC has called on FC Barcelona “socis” (voting members) and fans to end the club’s Qatar Airways sponsorship, saying that the airline is the very worst sponsor for a club with a 100-year tradition of democracy and universality.
Huge Rally in Madrid for Right to Strike
04-07-2014
Thousands of Spanish workers have taken part in a rally in Madrid to protest at the arrest and possible imprisonment of several hundred workers for taking part in strike action.
Madrid Dialogue: Green & Decent jobs, Social Protection & Financial Transactions Tax Must be on RIO+20 Agenda
12-04-2011
International trade union leaders meeting today in Madrid with the UN Panel on Sustainability and business and ngo representatives are calling for decisive and ambitious climate action in the lead-up to the Durban climate summit at the end of this year, and the “RIO+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. ” meeting in 2012. The union proposals are centred on a tax on financial transactions, a universal social protection floor, doubling the number of green and decent jobs and ensuring a just transition to a greener future.
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to Open ITUC Development Aid Conference in Madrid
15-03-2010
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will open a high-level ITUC conference “The Global Crisis and Aid Effectiveness” on 16 March in Madrid, which aims to put development assistance at the centre of the response to the global economic crisis.

Documents Spain

01-08-2017 Report Spain: Country Case Study (2017) – as part of ETUC’s ‘Safe at Home, Safe at Work’ project and report
31-05-2017 Newsletter Trade Union Focus on Development - Issue 66 (May 2017)
12-05-2017 Report Convenios Colectivos e Igualdad – CCOO/España
20-10-2015 Resolution 15th General Council - Resolution on the Right to Strike in Spain
09-02-2015 Statement Manifiesto en defensa del derecho de huelga y de la libertad sindical (UGT)

multimedia Spain

Christina, Journalist, Spain
13-05-2013
I was working for a state TV broadcaster in Madrid. They are cutting a lot of public services. They decided to dismiss all the workers on TV. I was dismissed one month ago.
Spotlight interview with Mohammed Haidour (Spain - CCOO)
27-05-2008
"With or without documents, migrants are an asset who contribute to the economy and society”
Spotlight on Mody Guiro (CNTS-Senegal) and Mamadou Niang (CGTM-Mauritania)
15-05-2007
“Get there or die”