"They want to play with the minority against the majority," Etxaid told this weekly when she recently took office as secretary general, when asked about the social dialogue. Eight years and a great crisis later the relations between the public administration, the employers’ association and the main unions of the Basque Country are in the same place.

The LAB said in a statement that Ainhoa Etxaide will not be secretary general of the union again. He will be present at the IX Congress, which will take place on 25 and 26 May 2017, together with the Under-Secretary-General, Jabi Garnika.

Next Tuesday, the LAB will provide more details about the conference and the relay, which “comes full of novelties,” they say.