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DESCRIPTION:Solidarity Rally and Speakout In SF-Hands Off Spanish Dockers And Smash 
 Deregulation & Union Busting\nFriday March 10, 2017 12:00 noon\nSpanish 
 Consulate San Francisco\n1405 Sutter St.\nSan Francisco, CA\n\nInitiated By 
 UPWA.info\nEndorsed by Labor Rising\n\nSpanish Government Declares War on 
 the Wharfies of Spain-International Day of Action March 10 To Support 
 Spanish Wharfies\nhttps://www.transportworkers.org/node/2751\n• IDC 
 encourages affiliated members to reach out to/hold demonstrations at 
 embassies abroad.\nNo. 78 – Tuesday 1 March, 2017\nFELLOW WORKERS\nThe 
 Spanish Government is hellbent on attempting to destroy the most MILITANT 
 and principled industry organised workers in Spain – the Spanish 
 Dockers.\nWe must stand shoulder to shoulder with our Spanish\nbrothers and 
 sisters. I urge all member to read this leaflet from the IDC and to fight 
 for the dockers of Spain and when the Branch calls on you, to support our 
 fellow comrades. WE DO IT AS ONE!\nIDC Response to the Royal Decree to 
 Reform the Spanish Port System\nFebruary 27 2017. Last Friday, the Spanish 
 Minister of Public Works announced his plan to reform the Spanish port 
 system. He will enact a decree issued by the Court of Justice of the Union 
 European Union, a modification which will result the sacking of 6,500 
 dockworkers. The plan is to fire Spanish dockworkers at a rate of 25% of 
 their full strength each year, which means an absolute extinction of their 
 employment within three years. Sacked dockworkers are to receive a 
 severance packages of only 20 paid days per year worked.\n"The Spanish 
 Government threatens the growth of the Spanish economy and seeks to make 
 the dockworker profession disappear from national ports," rules Jordi 
 Aragunde, IDC General Coordinator.\nThe Spanish port workers ́ union 
 Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar – CETM plans to hold 
 industrial action in the ports of Spain for 12 hours during each of the 
 following days: The days 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, and 24 of March, 
 2017.\nIt remains for IDC to raise support to resist this modification of 
 the Spanish Port System. Following the Emergency IDC ZCO Meeting in 
 Algeciras, Spain on February 28, 2017, IDC decided to take the following 
 actions:\n1. A unified action of solidarity with Spanish Dockworkers as 
 they strike on March 10, 2017. All European Ports are to suspend work from 
 12:00pm-3:00pm, and all other ports outside of Europe are to suspend action 
 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm.\n2. IDC will stage a walk out of the Sectoral Social 
 Dialogue on Ports Meeting at the European Commission on March 1, 2017.\n• 
 IDC will meet with ITF to collaborate in a joint action in support of 
 Spanish dockworkers.\n• IDC will work to ensure ports neighbouring Spain 
 will not receive re-routed cargo turned away form Spain due to industrial 
 actions [in Marseille, FOS, Lisbon (IDC); and Tanger (ITF)].\n• IDC will 
 ask Lisbon to hold actions in Sines to avoid further conflicts.\n• At the 
 end of March, if no changes have occurred, IDC will organize differential 
 treatment/boycotts of strategic Spanish export cargo.\n• IDC encourages 
 affiliated members to reach out to/hold demonstrations at embassies 
 abroad.\n• IDC will continue to offer support to /Coordinadora/ and work 
 to show Spanish dockworkers that they are not alone.\n• IDC will make the 
 situation in Spanish Ports priority for all IDC Zone Coordinators, who will 
 be responsible for coordinating actions in their respective regions.\nIDC 
 supports Spanish Dockworkers in their struggle to defends their professions 
 and protect their families from looming insecurity.\nWE WILL NEVER WALK 
 ALONE AGAIN!\nIn solidarity,\nJordi Aragunde\nIDC General 
 Coordinator\n\nSpanish Dockworkers to Face Massive 
 Layoffs?\nhttps://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/212198/spanish-dockworkers-to-face-massive-layoffs/\nzoom\nImage 
 Courtesy: Offshore and Home Trade Seamen's Welfare Trust\nAt least 6,500 
 Spanish dockworkers could be laid off according to the recently announced 
 plan by the country’s Minister of Public Works to reform the port system. 
 \n\nInigo de la Serna, the minister, aims to launch a decree issued by the 
 European Union Court of Justice to reform the Spanish Port System, which 
 would result in firing Spanish dockworkers at a rate of 25% of their full 
 strength each year.\n\nThis means an absolute extinction of their 
 employment within three years, according to the International Dockworkers 
 Council (IDC). Dismissed dockworkers are to receive severance packages of 
 only 20 paid days per year worked, IDC explained.\n\n“The Spanish 
 Government threatens the growth of the Spanish economy and seeks to make 
 the dockworker profession disappear from national ports,” Jordi Aragunde, 
 IDC General Coordinator, stated.\n\n“Spanish ports are growing. The 
 workers’ wages are also growing… and the Ministry of Public Works 
 intends to act on a decree that prevents the country’s economic 
 recovery,” Aragunde added.\n\nFollowing the decree, the minister revealed 
 he will not seek dialogue with trade unions to determine how to best carry 
 out the mandatory reform of the Spanish Port System.\n\nThe announcement 
 came as a surprise to many, including the Spanish trade union Coordinadora, 
 as the minister’s actions are a “stark contradiction” to the platform 
 maintained by his predecessor Ana Pastor, who always sought sector 
 consensus of both interested companies and unions before enacting changes 
 that would inevitably affect both, IDC said.\n\nAs explained by IDC, de la 
 Serna’s decision to resist dialogue and assume an authoritarian attitude 
 towards the inevitable implementation of a new Spanish Port System is 
 viewed by port workers as a deliberate attack on their livelihood.\n\n“We 
 feel cheated,” Antolín Goya, General Coordinator of Coordinadora, said, 
 adding that the minister refused to provide any documentation about the new 
 legislation to the trade union and that he insists on verbal communication 
 only.\n\n“Since Brussels will only work officially with the Spanish 
 government, de la Serna’s refusal to share these documents means that he 
 is dictating the terms of this plan himself,” according to IDC.\n\n“We 
 have met with the European Commissioner for Transport, and we know that the 
 Spanish Government´s approach to this law is much more severe for workers 
 than the actual decree suggests” Goya noted.\n\nSpanish trade unions are 
 expected to raise support from other groups to resist the modification of 
 the country’s port system.\n\nWith the support of the International 
 Dockworkers Council, Coordinadora plans to initiate union actions across 
 Europe to demand “clear channels of communication and a seat at the table 
 for port workers” to be able to discuss the implementation of the new 
 system.\n\nTotal War In Spanish Ports! Assemblies of stevedores in 
 different ports 
 (Coordinator)\nhttp://www.naucher.com/es/actualidad/guerra-total-en-los-puertos-espanoles/_n:5931\nTOTAL 
 WAR IN THE SPANISH PORTS!\n\nAssemblies of stevedores in different ports 
 (Coordinator)\nPEOPLE OF THE SEA MARITIME ADMINISTRATION PORTS MARITIME 
 ENVIRONMENT PORT COMMUNITY\nDANIEL MOLERO 02/03/2017\nBLOG: "TRAMONTANA 
 WIND"\nThe main representatives of the port stowage sector met yesterday in 
 ministerial headquarters with the holder of the Portfolio of Development, 
 Íñigo de la Serna. After the meeting, this morning there has already been 
 a halt and slowdown of activity in the main ports of the Spanish system ... 
 and what remains. "We will defend the jobs by all means. We tried it 
 through the dialogue and they deceived us ": are words of Antolín Goya, 
 leader of the Coordinating union, the maximum exponent of the workers.\n\nA 
 series of historic mobilizations in Spanish ports are expected to be a 
 miracle (or a rectification by the minister) ... and it will not be just a 
 stoppage in activity. It will go beyond even the Spanish borders.\n\nThe 
 minister has said "No" to the workers' register. It wants to make the 
 Companies of Estiba (Sagep) disappear to transform them into Temporary Work 
 Enterprises whose workers can be hired for a certain newspaper ... and all 
 through the arbitration of the Port Authorities that, although belonging to 
 the framework of Development, are not of Agreement (at least the big three 
 - Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona) in which they endorsed the dead.\n\nIn 
 short, inactivity in Spanish ports could paralyze the economy of the 
 country because of the ineptitude of some ... with supposed hidden 
 interests ... and all when the Spanish ports closed 2016 at the stroke of 
 historical records in moving goods\n\nDe la Serna, has been badly advised 
 by the President of Ports of the State, Jose Llorca and by the Secretary of 
 State (and husband of one of the ideologues of the conflict, cousin-by the 
 way-of a stevedore), Julio Gómez-Pomar; He told the workers, in a strict 
 way, that the Government intends to reform the Spanish port system 
 unilaterally and via Decree Law, with publication in the Council of 
 Ministers before the end of March. And although it says to have 
 parliamentary consensus the truth is that it does not have supports. And, 
 at least, the PSOE should give its approval to carry it forward and become 
 law.\n\nFrom the dialogue agreed with her predecessor in office, Ana 
 Pastor, nothing at all. From listening to the comments of companies and 
 workers - who agree on the main points of the reform - nothing at all. The 
 minister is protected in Brussels. He says that they will finalize Spain if 
 the reform is not approved ... and it does not lack reason.\n\nWhat they do 
 not say from the Ministry is that the European Commission agrees with the 
 workers in that any legislative changes that affect the working environment 
 should be agreed with employers and unions. Nor does it say that Transport 
 Commissioner Violeta Bulc pointed out weeks ago to Antolín Goya himself 
 that the Judgment must be strictly complied with, but not that this way is 
 unilaterally agreed by a particular government.\n\nAccording to Goya, "We 
 feel cheated." More clear, impossible. For the coordinator general of 
 Coordinadora, "they want to impose a Decree Law in which they say that 
 there is no room for any modification, they do not provide the document, 
 all communication is verbal. The minister puts Spain to the dictatorship of 
 the officials of the Commission because, he says, Spain can not legislate 
 in port matters except under the terms that authorize it in Brussels, 
 including, including restrictions on collective bargaining that "although 
 they do not consider it Necessary ".\n\nIn fact, the reality is that what 
 the Spanish Government proposes is based on conditions far more radical 
 than those sought by Brussels ... and much more than the judgment of the 
 Luxembourg Court itself.\n\nIt should also be recalled that a recent 
 regulation approved by the European Parliament "excludes stowage from 
 European legislation to allow each Member State to legislate freely on it." 
 For the time being, and returning to Spain, the Socialist Party seems to 
 disagree with the one-sidedness of a 'decree'. They also believe it is 
 necessary to dialogue with the parties and reach a resolution agreed to the 
 conflict before it is a reality ... but seeing the instability in the PSOE 
 and that its current responsible is a man of straw or know what they will 
 do.\n\nFor now neither PSOE nor PNV, let alone the Catalan parties or We 
 can, know the content of the 'decree'. Obviously neither do workers nor 
 companies. Everything is done with secrecy and treachery ... but be 
 careful, they did the same thing two years ago ... when from NAUCHERglobal 
 we uncovered the whole network and had to withdraw. Anyone knows if it 
 could happen now.\n\nFor now neither PSOE nor PNV, let alone the Catalan 
 parties or We can, know the content of the 'decree'. Obviously neither do 
 workers nor companies. Everything is done with secrecy and treachery ... 
 but be careful, they did the same thing two years ago ... when from 
 NAUCHERglobal we uncovered the whole network and had to withdraw. Anyone 
 knows if it could happen now.\n\nFor the time being, the dialogue with the 
 Government was broken and "in the face of the authoritarian attitude of the 
 Minister", in the words of Antolín Goya "we will initiate mobilizations 
 and union actions to reestablish communication, demand from companies the 
 culmination of the negotiation effort developed, and expose To 
 parliamentary groups the error of an imposed norm that destabilizes a 
 sector and destroys jobs. We will defend our profession by all means. We 
 see no other way out. We are thousands of families who live in this sector, 
 thousands of workers we have managed to build it to release figures that 
 beat records year after year and we will not allow them to eradicate us 
 from the equation, only to enrich the few that are obeyed by governments , 
 At the expense of working in indecent conditions ".\n\n¡GUERRA TOTAL EN 
 LOS PUERTOS ESPAÑOLES! \n\n	• GENTE DEL MAR  \n	• ADMINISTRACIÓN 
 MARÍTIMA  \n	• PUERTOS  \n	• ENTORNO MARÍTIMO  \n	• COMUNIDAD 
 PORTUARIA  \n\nDANIEL MOLERO   03/02/2017 \nBLOG: "VIENTO DE 
 TRAMONTANA"\nLos principales representantes del sector de la estiba 
 portuaria se reunieron ayer en sede ministerial con el titular de la 
 cartera de Fomento, Íñigo de la Serna. Tras el encuentro, esta mañana ya 
 ha habido paralización y ralentización de la actividad en los principales 
 puertos del sistema español... y lo que queda. “Defenderemos los puestos 
 de trabajo por todos los medios. Lo intentamos a través del diálogo y nos 
 engañaron”: son palabras de Antolín Goya, líder del sindicato 
 Coordinadora, el máximo exponente de los trabajadores. \n\nSe prevén, de 
 no mediar milagro (o de una rectificación del ministro), una serie de 
 movilizaciones históricas en los puertos españoles… y no se tratará 
 sólo de paros en la actividad. Irá más allá incluso de las fronteras 
 españolas.\n\nEl ministro ha dicho "No" al registro de los trabajadores. 
 Quiere hacer desaparecer las Sociedades de Estiba (Sagep) para 
 transformarlas en Empresas de Trabajo Temporal cuyos trabajadores puedan 
 ser contratados para un determinado jornal... y todo mediante el arbitraje 
 de la Autoridades Portuarias que, aún perteneciendo al entramado de 
 Fomento, no están de acuerdo (al menos las tres grandes -Algeciras, 
 Valencia y Barcelona-) en que les endosen el muerto.\n\nEn suma, la 
 inactividad en los puertos españoles podría paralizar la economía del 
 país por culpa de la ineptitud de algunos… con supuestos intereses 
 ocultos… y todo cuando los puertos españoles cierran 2016 a golpe de 
 récords históricos en movimiento de mercancías\n\nDe la Serna, ha estado 
 mal asesorado por el presidente de Puertos del Estado, José Llorca y por 
 el Secretario de Estado (y marido de una de las ideólogas del conflicto, 
 prima –por cierto- de un estibador), Julio Gómez-Pomar; les dijo a los 
 trabajadores, de forma taxativa, que el Gobierno pretende reformar el 
 sistema portuario español de forma unilateral y vía Decreto Ley, con 
 publicación en el Consejo de Ministros antes de que acabe el mes de marzo. 
 Y aunque dice tener consenso parlamentario lo cierto es que no tiene 
 apoyos. Y, al menos, el PSOE debería dar su beneplácito para llevarlo 
 adelante y que se transforme en Ley.\n\nDel diálogo pactado con su 
 predecesora en el cargo, Ana Pastor, nada de nada. De escuchar los 
 comentarios de empresas y trabajadores –que están de acuerdo en los 
 principales puntos de la reforma- nada de nada. Se ampara el ministro en 
 Bruselas. Dice que multarán a España si no se aprueba la reforma… y no 
 le falta razón.\n\nLo que no dicen desde el Ministerio es que la Comisión 
 Europea está de acuerdo con los trabajadores en que cualquier 
 modificación legislativa que afecte al entorno laboral debería ser 
 pactada con patronal y sindicatos. Tampoco dice que la comisaria de 
 Transporte, Violeta Bulc, señaló semanas atrás al propio Antolín Goya 
 que la Sentencia debe cumplirse de manera estricta, pero no que esta manera 
 sea la que unilateralmente acuerde un Gobierno en concreto.\n\nSegún Goya, 
 “Nos sentimos engañados”. Más claro, imposible. Para el coordinador 
 general de Coordinadora, “quieren imponer un Decreto Ley en el que dicen 
 que no hay margen para modificación alguna, no facilitan el documento, 
 toda la comunicación es verbal. El ministro pone a España al dictado de 
 los funcionarios de la Comisión porque, según dice, España no puede 
 legislar en materia portuaria sino en los términos que le autoricen en 
 Bruselas, incluso, incluyendo restricciones a la negociación colectiva 
 que, “aunque no la consideran necesaria”.\n\nDe hecho, la realidad es 
 que lo que plantea el Gobierno español parte de condiciones mucho más 
 radicales que las que pretendería Bruselas… y mucho más allá de lo que 
 dice la propia sentencia del Tribunal de Luxemburgo.\n\nRecordar, además, 
 que un reciente reglamento aprobado por la Eurocámara “excluye a la 
 estiba de la legislación europea para permitir que cada Estado miembro 
 legisle libremente sobre ella”. Por lo pronto, y volviendo a España, el 
 Partido Socialista parece que está en desacuerdo con la unilateralidad de 
 un 'decretazo'. También creen necesario dialogar con las partes y llegar a 
 una resolución pactada al conflicto antes de que éste sea una realidad… 
 pero viendo la inestabilidad en el PSOE y que su actual responsable es un 
 hombre de paja cualquiera sabe qué harán.\n\nPor lo pronto ni PSOE ni 
 PNV, ni mucho menos los partidos catalanes o Podemos, conocen el contenido 
 del 'decretazo'. Evidentemente tampoco lo tienen los trabajadores ni las 
 empresas. Se hace todo con sigilo y alevosía... pero cuidado, ya hicieron 
 lo mismo hace dos años... cuando desde NAUCHERglobal destapamos todo el 
 entramado y lo tuvieron que retirar. Cualquiera sabe si ahora podría pasar 
 lo mismo.\n\nPor lo pronto, roto el diálogo con el Gobierno y “ante la 
 actitud autoritaria del ministro”, según palabras de Antolín Goya 
 “iniciaremos movilizaciones y acciones sindicales para restablecer la 
 comunicación, exigir de las empresas la culminación del esfuerzo de 
 negociación desarrollado, y exponer a los grupos parlamentarios el error 
 de una norma impuesta que desestabiliza un sector y destruye puestos de 
 trabajo. Defenderemos nuestra profesión por todos los medios. No vemos 
 otra salida. Somos miles las familias que vivimos de este sector, miles los 
 trabajadores que hemos logrado construirlo para que arrojen cifras que 
 baten records año tras año y no permitiremos que nos erradiquen de la 
 ecuación, solo para que se enriquezcan los pocos a los que obedecen los 
 gobiernos, a costa de trabajo en condiciones indecentes”.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/03/18796985.php
SUMMARY:Solidarity Rally/Speakout In SF-Hands Off Spanish Dockers/Smash Deregulation/Union Busting
LOCATION:Spanish Consulate San Francisco\n1405 Sutter St.\nSan Francisco, CA\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/03/18796985.php
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