Workers at HSBC massively answered to a call made by trade union MUBE to go on strike between 8:30 and 10:30 on 12 February. The strike is a reaction to a lack of progress in the negotiations on a new collective agreement, which have been ongoing since October 2013.While HSBC has refused virtually all MUBE proposals, it has not tabled any counter offers.
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