Still no deal, but at least employers and unions have taken positions in the national shoe deal negotiations after months of disagreement. He submitted a proposal through the Interfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA). Salary guarantee clause that will cover the CPI increase, provided that it does not exceed 15%. Both sides were called to respond on 27 December, after consulting their respective assemblies. But while employers are already showing their willingness to sign, unions continue to show more reluctance.
Negotiating a shoe deal is not an easy industry. Bringing together 16,500 workers in the province of Alicante. The main point of contention has always revolved around wage demands. Both CC OO and UGT demand a review clause as an indispensable measure that allows equalizing the rise in the CPI so that workers do not lose their purchasing power. Employers, for their part, accepted this review, which they stated would mean an increase of 12.5% to 15% by 2025, although limited to 2.5%. December 2 ended with a cautious follow-up, which had to be replaced by renegotiations.
Well, both sides sat at a table in Madrid this Tuesday in the presence of SIMA representatives and they submitted a proposal that has led to a rapprochement from the start, with no significant progress being made. The main points are a 4% salary increase for 2022, an increase of the same amount for 2023, 2.5% for 2024 and 2% for 2025, unpaid from 1 July. adds up to 12.5% in total. Likewise, a wage guarantee clause has been proposed to guarantee the entire CPI, provided that it does not exceed 15%. If the increase in inflation is higher, 0.50% will be applied to this percentage in two tranches.
The proposal also raises reduction of the annual working day to 12 hours during the four-year validity period the contract includes indefinite ultra-activity, the elimination of the obligation to justify two of the four days’ unpaid leave, advances in terms of equality and remote work, the adaptation to the existing pension system so that the loyalty reward can be useful and usable, accumulation.
Although both parties are required to respond by December 27, José María Escrigas, the business representative in the negotiation, said the proposal appeared feasible and in principle, willing to sign the agreement on these terms. “It fits our approach pretty well and we believe the other side will accept it,” he says.
There is more suspicion among the unions. General secretary of the UGT in La Muntanya, Vinalopó and Vega Baja. İsmail Şenent pointed out that the offer regarding the salary increase continues and said, “When? We start from the fact that there are very low salaries in the industry. and we cannot allow losses in purchasing power”. There is a risk that inflation will exceed wage growth”. However, the workers will have the last word in the assemblies.
CC OO and UGT suspend mobilization
Threatening a new strike call for this week, unions CC OO and UGT suspended their mobilizations following a proposal from the Confederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA) this Tuesday. The assemblies will decide whether the agreement will be signed or whether the conflict will continue.