The general assembly of the Spanish owners’ association Anesco has voted against accepting a pre-agreement reached with stevedoring unions, claiming it is anti-competitive and in breach of proposed new government legislation, which the unions oppose.
A new proposal will be sent to the trade unions today.
Despite its rejection of the trade union proposal, Anesco said that it wants to sign an agreement as quickly as possible, calling upon the port unions to call off their scheduled stoppages.
For their part, the unions have advised the owners that they will now call four additional 48-hour strikes for the last week of June and the first week of July.
