The ELA, CCOO, LAB, USO, ESK and CGT unions have asked the almost 25,000 workers in the sector to support the three-day strike “to achieve decent working conditions”.
Unions ELA, CCOO, LAB, USE, ESK and CGT They have made a call to the almost 25,000 workers in the metal sector of Álava to support the strike days that they have called on May 18, 24 and 26 in demand of an agreement.
Representatives of these six centrals have registered this Wednesday in the Basque Government Labor Delegation in Vitoria-Gasteiz the call for these strikes and have concentrated behind a banner that read “Arabako metala borrokan. For a worthy agreement”.
Spokespersons for these unions have read a manifesto in which they have asked the workers in the sector to support the three-day strike, paralyze production and take to the streets to participate in the mobilizations they call, “all of this to achieve working conditions worthy”.
SEA, “motionless”
They have explained that the objective of these three days of strike is to force the SEA employers to move from their position “immobile, abandoning any excuse and offering clear answers to the problems that the sector has.”
The unions have today recalled their proposal for wage increases above the CPI, with a minimum wage of 1,400 euros in 14 payments, a “significant” reduction in the working day, subrogation for subcontracted personnel, improvements in permits and guarantee of application of the agreement, preventing its unilateral non-application.
“Maximalist” positions of the unions
In the last negotiating meeting, the April 12thSEA rejected what it considered to be the “maximalist” positions of the unions that put forward an “irrational” proposal, for requesting an accumulated wage increase of 14%, a 100% corporate subrogation clause much more burdensome than the one existing in Bizkaia, and all of this in exchange for working 24 hours less a year.
At that meeting, the employers proposed a salary update of 4.6% and an additional increase of 5% in the years 2022-2024 with a guarantee clause for the differential that could occur between the increases applied and the evolution of inflation.
Employers and unions have scheduled a new meeting next May 5th within the Labor Relations Council to try to advance in the negotiation of an agreement.
Source: Eitb
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