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thursday 20 february 2025
Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. 
The Bilbao dockers cut off their working day in protest of the last death
- The dockers of Bilbao Estiba have made a stop and a concentration in protest at the death of their colleague, who died on 19 February when he was working violently.
(Argazkia: Bilboko Koordinadora)
The death occurred at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the pier nemas of the port of Bilbao, when the operator abruptly moved the load hanging from a crane. At the time of the accident, the 43-year-old port ship, which had been sharpened by ALS, died. The Bilbao Estiba Works Council, made up of representatives of UGT, ELA and LAB, has called a concentration to denounce the death of the worker.
It is the seventh worker who died in the Basque Autonomous Community so far this year and, according to LAB, it is the fifth death in the facilities of the port since 2015. Trade unions have linked this type of situation to the precariousness and "violent business logic", as well as to the precarious working conditions and the rapid pace behind it.
The mobilisations have not been limited to those of the port of Bilbao, but the Pasaia dockers have also concentrated in solidarity with their colleagues.
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