In October 1998, the construction federation of the Spanish CC.OO trade union confederation embarked on a procedure (known as a popular legislative initiative) to promote a non-government legislative bill to regulate subcontracting in the sector. Parliament has accepted submission of the proposal.
On 1 January 1998, responsibility for the National Institute of Employment in these regions was transferred to the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Xunta of Galicia. This marked the beginning of a new model for the administration of employment services in Spain, whose main challenge is the effective
In February 1998, the UGT trade union confederation signed the second general collective agreement for the Spanish construction sector, over three months after it was signed by the CC.OO union confederation and the CNC employers' organisation, thus ending the bargaining deadlock in the industry.
The four-year dispute between the workers and management of the Barcelona Metro seems to have come to an end in January 1998, with the acceptance by 70% of the workforce of the pension plan that the UGT and CC.OO trade unions negotiated with the company.
In January 1998, both the UGT and CC.OO trade union confederations proposed measures aimed at improving the situation of unemployed people in Spain. UGT has proposed the creation of a branch for unemployed people within the trade union and CC.OO has suggested lower taxes for them.
In November 1997, La Caixa - a prominent Spanish savings bank - signed an agreement with the trade unions to promote the creation of permanent jobs. This agreement is a model that will be followed in five other banks with which the CC.OO trade union is negotiating similar terms.
Worker representatives at Transmediterranea - the principal Spanish shipping line - called an indefinite strike as from 5 December 1997 to protest against redundancies and the announcement that six cargo ships will be sold.
A serious crisis between the two principal Spanish trade union confederations has erupted following CC.OO's decision in October 1997 to sign the second general agreement for the construction sector the day before the general strike in the sector called by UGT to protest against the high industrial
An agreement, signed in July 1997 and covering the period 1997/9, is the first to be concluded by the Catalan Government and the trade unions since 1992, and covers the issue of employment security in the Catalan Regional Government (Generalitat). It introduces changes in working hours, encourages
On 3 June 1997, an agreement was finally reached between the Generalitat (Catalonia's autonomous regional government) and the central Government in Spain to transfer part of the management of the National Institute of Employment (INEM) to the Catalan regional administration. A historic demand that