The article criticizes Spain’s main trade union federations for pushing through a deal that allegedly betrays 22,000 metalworkers in Cantabria. It asserts that the unions, by accepting a deal that benefits employers, undermined the potential for a unified national struggle of metalworkers and other workers.
The central accusation is that the unions prioritized preventing a wider, more impactful labor movement over securing better conditions for the Cantabrian metalworkers. The agreement is framed as a concession to employers that serves to dampen broader worker unrest amid a growing class struggle in Spain. The author views this outcome as a deliberate act of betrayal by the union leadership.
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