Department 300 - General Construction

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Madrid, Spain: Thousands March Against New Labour Laws

Posted Mon, 04/10/2006 - 1:00pm by x344543

Originally posted to infoshop.org by "Worker Freedom". 

As millions fight new employment laws in France, last week 5,000 people marched in Madrid against new proposed Labour Reforms in Spain. On Saturday 1st April the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the CNT, held a demonstration and workers arrived in buses from all over the country to attend.

Like the demonstrators in France (see www.libcom.org/blog for coverage) the participants were opposing a new proposed employment law. It allows for the reduction in redundancy payments, makes mass sackings easier and increases the power of temp agencies - who are currently trying to enter sectors such as public administration and construction. They were opposed most of all to the fact that every new reform means more advantages to employers to the detriment of workers' rights.