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Workers at Chernomorsk port protest against Hutchison Ports concession

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 4, 2018 – Employees of Chernomorsk port have protested against the transfer of the port to Hong Hong-based...

Port of Lisbon dockers begin two-week overtime strike

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – Dock workers at the port of Lisbon have started a two-week overtime strike, the Stevedore and Logistics...

Spanish government, trade unions extend stowage sector agreement deadline

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – Spain’s government and stevedoring trade unions agreed to extend the deadline for negotiating the new...

Portuguese ports maritime trade union calls for strike action June 4-8

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The National Union of Workers of the Administrations and Port Boards (SNTAJP – Sindicato Nacional...

USPA looks for ways to develop Kherson, Reni and Skadovsk ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is considering possibilities to improve the financial health of...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) signs local labour pact

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...

Portuguese Minister of the Sea meets trade unions

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, met yesterday, with members of the General Workers Union...

Italian port workers to stage strike on May 11

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – On May 11, there will be a 24-hour national strike of Italian port workers on issues of security. According to the...

Portuguese government sets up working group to address collective labour agreement

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministries of the Sea and Finance has announce the creation of a working group to study and analyze...

Cádiz port stevedores agree 35% salary reduction

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – Cádiz port stevedores have closed an agreement that lowers their salaries by up to 35%. According to sources...

Estibarna starts process of transforming into employment centre

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Estibarna, a management company of port workers (SAGEP) of Barcelona port, has already started the process...

Valencia’s SAGEP adopts transformation into port employment agency

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – Valencia port’s Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de Trabajadores Portuarios (SAGEP), active in the supply...

Valencia port hosts sessions of IDC working group

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Valencia port hosted last week the sessions of the Working Group of the European unit of the International...

Italy’s CULMV to present development plan to Genoa port management by Mar 31

Genoa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Compagnia Unica Lavoratori Merci Varie (CULMV) will have until March 31, two further months, to present the...

IDC holds labour meeting in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Union delegates from a dozen European countries are meeting this week in the port of Valencia to...

Spanish trade union applies for extension of transition period in stevedoring sector

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has applied for the extension by one year of the transition...

Barcelona port dockworkers approve collective labour agreement

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – The General Assembly of dockworkers of Barcelona approved unanimously the new collective labour agreement...

Barcelona port stevedores sign collective labour agreement

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Barcelona port stevedores have announced the signing of a collective labour agreement signed with docking...

Labour strike at the port of Ashdod

Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A strike has declared in the port of Ashdod, with mechanical and operating sector workers stopping the...

Signing of new collective agreement in Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the signing of the new Collective Labour Agreement...

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