this war drums silenced industry Metal. From now on there will be no new ‘Cádiz’ in sight most unions they managed to renew their agreement in Barcelona, Tarragona, Ourense or Ávila, where they managed to get along Salary increase between 12% and 15% over the next three or four years, as well as retaining most of their purchasing power. A very different from his colleagues in the panorama service industrythat much of the trade continues with negotiation thwarted and wage increase offers far from those that will prevail in steel mills and mills.
CEOE major employers association actually waived from a major wage agreement and that deal-to-deal strategy threatens to widen inequalities among some workers and others. Union power is conspicuous in closed contracts, and despite the generalized loss of purchasing power, it is a drain on the industry and services. Biggest in 40 years. An example is found in the province of Barcelona. There metal, offices and offices employ a similar number of people, between 160,000 and 200,000 each. The first made a preliminary agreement and there salaries will increase by twice what the employer offered for the second, who did not yet have a closed agreement.
The absence of a new Employment and Collective Bargaining Agreement (AENC) widens inequalities across sectors, and the way out of the coronavirus crisis that is protracted and morphing into the current CPI crisis is not the same for everyone. Although the secondary sector, especially the sector most dependent on energy, Overall increase in materialsThe tertiary sector is coming from two particularly difficult covid years given the covid restrictions.
Postpone—and the resulting bite in the salaries these suspensions entailed—was heavily drafted in guilds such as the hotel industry, the hotel industry, or travel agencies, among others. Trades where salaries are significantly lower than in the industry. For example, a professional in the hospitality industry earns on average half a professional in the manufacturing industryBased on the latest data from the INE wage structure survey. The former was barely close to €1,178 gross (on 12 payments) per month in 2020, while the latter was €2,322 gross.
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this The current evolution of collective bargaining threatens to widen these gaps. and the majority centers are debating between accepting deals below their expectations and continuing the fight with employers while employees continue with frozen salaries. This was the last instance of the hotel industry in Barcelona where UGT agreed to sign a new deal with salary increases of 9% from 2022-2024 and without any salary review clause. The CCOO did not sign. Despite numerous complaints from industry employers about the lack of a willing workforce, the proposed salary increases are far from current inflation levels. And some of the business organizations decided not to sign the agreement because they thought it was excessive.
Inequality between sectors – some with agreements and social peace, insufficient salary increases and conflicts compared to others – threatens sectors. triggering worker conflict. Alternative unions have already suggested that they will intensify their repression strategies and encourage their cadres to incite strikes at their workplaces. To get better salaries and try to erode the representation of CCOO and UGT. This is the case of the CGT of Catalonia, which currently has 1,485 union delegates, 3% of the total. “No one will give us anything, agitation and strikes are the key to avoiding austerity,” they say in their final statement.