News / Dockers' union calls off global action after Spanish MPs reject port reforms

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The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has cancelled “mobilisations” planned for Wednesday, as it returns to the negotiating table with the Spanish government in the dispute over port reform.

Last week, Spain’s parliament rejected a government’s decision to alter port employment legislation to adhere to a 2014 ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which said Spain was failing to meet the requirements of the EU Treaty’s freedom of establishment principle.

Under current Spanish law, all dockworkers must be members of stevedoring societies, known as ...