Spanish trade unions UGT, CCOO and SCT have called a series of 24-hour strikes this month over Vodafone Spain’s plans to dismiss around 1,200 workers, reports El Economista. UGT and CCOO have called on workers all over the country to suspend activities on 11, 13, 18 and 20 February, while STC has convened 10 days of strikes on 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 , 20, 21 and 22 February, said the report, citing union sources. The unions said the collective dismissal (ERE) of around a quarter of the company's workforce is unjustified and that there are other viable alternatives that would allow the company to maintain its current volume of employment.
Vodafone previously announced that the ERE was necessary for “economic, productive and organisational reasons” and that customer expectations required it to implement a more simplified organisational model that reinforces the coordination and synergies between its teams.
