It was signed this Wednesday after a period of negotiation. Association of Spanish Shoe Component Companies (AEC) provincial collective agreement of the industry molds, heels, flat shoes and plastic soles providing workers and employers with work and economic security for the next four years. The contract, which was approved this Wednesday at the AEC employer’s headquarters, negotiated and reviewed the terms of the new contract with the most industry-represented UGT union, which will come into effect on the day of its signing and will be valid until January, retroactively. From 2022 to 1 December 2025 Signature 1, almost simultaneously with the agreement between shoe employers and unions, also in increments of up to 15% up to 2025, but with different working hours in both cases, in other cases.
According to the statement made by the AEC, the new contract, updated in accordance with the legal regulations, creates conditions that guarantee job security and job stability. At the salary level, the agreement includes different salary increases retroactively for this 2022 and the next three years.
Thus, a 4% increase has been decided for the year 2022, and from July 1, the debts will be paid in the January 2023 payroll. The increase for 2023 will be 3.5%, while an increase for 2024 has been confirmed. 2.75% Finally, an increase of 2.25% was decided for the year 2025. All this adds up to 12.5% in total.
But in addition to this, for the first time a salary review article The difference between the accumulated CPI and the accumulated wage increases in the tables will increase the salary tables by a maximum of 2.5%, where appropriate, will be added to the tables from January 2026, so that the increase reaches 15%.
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The new agreement establishes an active work day of 1,784 hours over its four-year validity period (down from the current 1,788 hours in 2025 to 12 hours in the case of shoe deals). Representing more than 1,200 companies and close to 24,000 direct and indirect employees at the national level, the shoe components industry is one of the most innovative sectors of industrial fabric.
AEC, the national employer of Footwear Components, states in this statement that it recognizes the importance of collective bargaining during this period and “and even more importantly, understands the importance of reaching agreements with unions that adapt to industry reality. Inflation continues to choke companies». By accepting the terms of the contract, the employer accepts the “effort given and will be exerted by both the employer and the employee”. Some of the conditions it points out, competitiveness levels the industry is very aligned with what has been agreed upon in the statewide shoe industry