The signing of the V Employment and Collective Bargaining Agreement (AENC) between CEOE, Cepyme and unions UGT and CC OO is finally a contract renewal guidewhich can be particularly Useful for Alicante employees, depending on how things are going in the first quarter of the year. And the thing is, compared to the initial 4% increase the treaty proposes for this exercise – to which an additional 3% will be added in the exercise in 2023 and 2024, which could be revised by an additional 1% with inflation – the truth is that the 59 contracts registered between January and March in the state they only considered an average increase of 2.51% this is below the national average of 3.06% for 2023, so the deal is expected to allow speed up salary update From this moment.
Despite being alone suggestion and not mandatory, all parties the basis for negotiations pending contracts, as well as a guide to increasing wages for thousands of workers in non-union representative companies. However, the fact that it will be signed so late in the year also causes some reasons. disruptions Amongst these, what has happened to the thousands of workers covered by contracts that have already been signed, many will have to make do with it. increases, at least for this year, below the recommended 4%.
The total number of workers affected by these contracts registered in the province until March is 184,442. Among them is a percentage that, although not guided by that 4%, will at least see an improvement in salary if inflation deviates. review article. Statistics from the Ministry of Labor do not present data broken down by province, but at the national level there are 26% of professionals with this assurance, so if done by transfer, this means: There will be at least 136,000 Alicante residents who will have to comply with the pre-agreed increases even lower, it depends on the contract between employers and unions. And that’s without counting the deals signed in April and the ones we got in May.
The solution is complex. President of the autonomous employers association CEV, Salvador Navarro thinks there are deals must be respected New terms should not be requested for closed contracts. However, both the general secretary of the UGT in l’Alacantí-la Marina, Yolanda DiazLike its counterpart in CC OO, francisco garciathey think there is space to view themespecially in sectors where the economic recovery has significantly improved companies’ income statements. And in any case, remember that AENC is ubiquitous. three yearswhich means these workers can benefit in the coming years.
positive balance
What everyone agrees on is that beyond these imbalances, the existence of AENC is good news. guarantees social peace, at least at the general level. “The agreement meets the dual goal of increasing employee wages. to guarantee purchasing power, but also company competitiveness“, reassures CEV chairman Salvador Navarro, who however insists that this is just a recommendation, and Not every company is in the same situation. to improve the wages of its employees.
However, in addition to this 4% at the beginning, unions are expected to reach 3% in 2023 and 2024. will be minimal As UGT’s Yolanda Díaz emphasized, they will base their recommendations on that from now on. “It’s clear the deal needs to be made now, but this ground means a lot,” said Francisco García, CC OO.
In any case, the truth is that despite having such a low average, they have also closed in recent weeks. Some agreements with increments above the recommendation of AENC. For example, the share of footwear trade for 2023 will increase to 4.5%, while the consensus principle of the food wholesale sector will increase to 6.5%.
hostel
Looking to the future, one of AENC’s state litmus tests will be the negotiation of the affecting hospitality contract. More than 40,000 workers in Alicante. At the moment, the table for its renewal has already been set, but the parties have not yet submitted their economic proposals, which indicates that they will be far from each other.
So, since hosbec that the 4% recommended in the agreement will be indicative, but at the same time If we take into account the 5.5% increase in salaries in the sector already increased last year, above average. So, some kind of averaging has to be done.
Of course, coming union party they think and point to the opposite this goes well above the same 4%, with the argument of what has increased the profitability per room or the revenue of the restoration in the last year. In other words, considering that the sector has experienced a recovery well above the average.
So again, with or without a national agreement, everything points to intense negotiations as usual.