The deaths in the Ionian Sea are due to the European Union’s inhumane policies ELA is the trade union that has obtained most representatives in 2023 and it has been consolidated as the leading union in Hego Euskal Herria (south Basque Country) (36.13%) ELA obtains a wage rise of over 23% after two years of dispute and a 68 day-long strike The EU will return to the austerity policies in 2024, as the tax rules will come back into effect The new Spanish pension reform means cutbacks ELA demands the repeal of the Law on Foreigners The end of the longest-lasting strike in Europe with 26% increases and 9,450 euros for each striker Mitxel Lakuntza, General Secretary of ELA: “We want to defend the purchasing power of salaries and pensions and to demand some decent social benefits” Euskal Herria’s Charter of Social Rights is calling for mobilisations against the process of impoverishment: demonstrations on the 19th of November The impoverishment process is speeding up. ELA’s proposals to face up to this crisis ELA demands the dissolution of NATO as a route towards a safer and more peaceful world Last weekend’s deaths at the Melilla border fence are the result of the European Union’s policies More news >>