Overview
- ELA, LAB and ESK, holding a majority in Amurrio, have decided to launch an open-ended strike to pressure the company to scrap the layoffs.
- UGT and CCOO oppose the indefinite action and favor continuing negotiations.
- The start date is unsettled, with reports ranging from Sunday night to Wednesday the 18th, and practical impact expected from Tuesday the 17th due to a separate general strike over a Basque minimum wage.
- Union representatives at the Trapagaran plant prefer to keep talks going, a stance linked to that site being less affected by the proposed cuts.
- ELA delegates in Trapagaran allege internal pressure to escalate to a strike, exposing tensions within the Basque labor movement’s leading union.