The players of the F League, the top division of women’s football, made a call. Strike in the first two days of the competitionDue to failure to reach an agreement with the employer Improvement of collective bargaining.

The unions, which are members of the social bank, sent a letter to SIMA (Confederal Mediation and Arbitration Service) as a preliminary notification to the Ministry for negotiations on changes and improvements in the collective agreements of female football players in the First League. The Labor and Economic Social Party has called for a strike for the first two days of the F League if it is not resolved due to the “impossibility of reaching a satisfactory agreement with employers”.

The unions said, “The encouragement of this strike is a result of the stagnation in Collective Bargaining negotiations. The aim is to move forward in these negotiations, to provide fair and dignified treatment to the players, to eliminate and reduce the existing wage gap.” situation.

In the letter, it is stated that the unions that make up the social bank (FUTPRO, CC.OO, AFE, Futbolistas ON, UGT) notified this decision to the labor authority with the following statements: “Through this letter, the club will be in the Football Women’s First League in the 2023/2024 season organized by the Professional Women’s Football League. The strike call to which all football players working in sports organizations are called.

“The social bank requested a compromise action at the headquarters of the Confederal Mediation and Arbitration Service. If an agreement cannot be reached, the strike call letter will be formally sent to the F League,” the organization said. said. “After more than a year of negotiations and failure to reach a satisfactory agreement with the employer, In its statement, AFE stated that the unions, as workers’ representatives, had to call for a two-day strike.

On August 28, Yolanda Díaz, second vice president and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, met with FUTPRO president Amanda Gutiérrez to examine the state of the players’ working conditions and seek “dignified conditions and space free from sexism.” violence”.

to hit startsIf an agreement cannot be reached, on September 8, 2023 The first two days of the competition will start at 00:00, that is, the first day will take place from 8 to 10 September, and the second day from 15 to 17 September.