The shopkeepers want a Law of Commerce for the Balearics

The members of the PIMECO, belonging to the PIMEM, and AFEDECO, associated with the CAEB, and the central unions UGT, CCOO and USO called a closure by all small shopkeepers and a strike by workers on Mallorca on October 10, in protest against the central government's Decree passed on June 23 that permits the extension of shop hours, and against its interference in the of the ability of the Balearic Government's decision on internal commerce, established in the Autonomous Statutes.

The slogan was "Yes, Balearics' own Law of Commerce."

More information:
- Noticia (25/6/2000): Draft Bill for the Planning of Commercial Activity in the Balearics
- Plan de medidas para consolidar el crecimiento y la creación de empleo (Consejo de Ministros del Gobierno central - 23/6/2000).
- Avantprojecte de Llei d'Ordenació de la Activitat Comercial a les Illes Balears (Conselleria de Economía, Comercio e Industria del Govern de les Illes Balears - 22/6/2000)

Date of publication: 09/10/2000

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