representatives of UGT, Alta, CGT, Intersindical, CIG, Hazel Y lab gathered this Tuesday in front of Banco Sabadell’s headquarters on Avenida Óscar Esplá in Alicante. working conditions to which the workforce is exposed after the end personal decline undertaken by the organization. Some segments mean leaving about 3,400 employees – 22% of the total – in a little over a year.
They also make a claim. improvement of pay To compensate for the increase in inflation, especially given the improvement in the profits to be recorded by the financial sector thanks to the increase in interest rates.
While the assembled unions gathered about 40% of the Sabadell workers’ representation, CC OO, Federation Y GBS frameworksThey distanced themselves from the protest, making up the rest of the representation.
From the platform that encourages mobilization, excessive workload Workers suffered, especially since the exits agreed at the last ERE at the beginning of this year were completed. “same or more workbecause fortunately the bank’s activity is growing, but the workforce is much smaller,” explains the union coordinator.
According to the same sources, the bank assured workers that the reduction in the workforce would be compensated. digitizationhowever, the organizers assure: the customer is not ready Since new processes have not been started yet, the workload has not been transferred and it falls on the personnel.
Thus, they denounce the existence of a being. “organizational chaos” They point out that it harms the health of employees and that the concentration this Tuesday is the first step in a strategy of mobilization that will include future strikes if the bank management does not comply with their demands.
In terms of wages, the seven unions participating in the protest demanded an increase in wages the previous day. high inflation This is registered and ensures that a large group of workers have been working for almost a decade on frozen wages. These are largely former CAM employees who do not benefit from any subsequent contractually agreed raises, which the bank offers certain bonuses or salary increases during the day in exchange for occupying certain positions, and which the business compensates and reflects in their salaries. .
For their part, they noted that the Sabadell administration “continues to maintain a consistently open dialogue with the unions with the aim of reaching agreements that benefit all parties”.