Social security strikes

FOR the first time in history, workers at Spanish social security centres will go on strike after the CC OO and CSIF unions called for industrial action.

In a joint statement released on Thursday, May 11, union officials blamed their action on: “the deterioration of one of the public services with the greatest demand from the public.”

“The lack of personnel, the ageing of the workforce, the delay in the management of benefits and the non ­ compliance with laws and agreements regarding personnel force us to call the first strike in the history of this organisation,” they said.