At the entrance to the CCOO headquarters in Madrid, there is a plaque marking the birthplace of the union's current general secretary, Unai Sordo (Barakaldo, Basque Country). The immense plaque CCOO, of the Basque Agustín Ibarrola Goicoechea (1930-2023), presides the hall contrasting with the gray concrete. "Ibarrola was a much-loved figure," Sordo recalls. The union leader receives ARA shortly after Junts announced its veto of some of the Spanish government's laws.

The majority unions, CCOO and UGT, mobilized this Wednesday in the last attempt to prevent the Popular Party (PP), Vox, and Junts from completely defeating the processing in Congress of the bill to reduce the working week to 37.5 hours a week. They did so with a series of calls throughout the State this morning and a protest in the afternoon in the Plaza de las Corts in Madrid, next to the Spanish lower house. If there is no last-minute change, the votes against these three parties will block the measure. Even so, the union organizations have made it clear that this will not make them give in and that the flagship proposal of the second vice president of the Spanish government, Yolanda Díaz, will end up being approved this term.

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) is once again raising eyebrows in Spain, considering that dismissals in the Spanish state are too cheap. This body falls under the Council of Europe and is responsible for ensuring that Member States comply with the European Social Charter. In an opinion published this Friday, the ECSR has once again made it clear that compensation paid after a worker loses their job is neither sufficient to compensate for the harm suffered nor to deter the employer from firing them.

The political earthquake unleashed by the Civil Guard report on the so-called Cerdán case, which addresses the alleged corruption scandal involving the two former general secretaries of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, as well as former advisor to the prime minister, Koldo García, did not go unnoticed at the 13th congress of Unai Sordo, who has been re-elected general secretary for another four years. "Spain needs a historic commitment to the progress and deepening of democracy, which requires a relentless fight against corruption, in all its forms, regardless of who it affects," Sordo said this Saturday, a few minutes after beginning his speech at the union conclave. Shortly before, the Minister of Labor and prominent figure of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, had spoken, not only referring to the issue but also raising her voice against the Socialists.