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The start of the 2023–24 F League seasonwhich was scheduled to take place this Friday, September 7, will have to wait, since the strike call made public by the players for the first two days is maintained after the 10-hour meeting between unions and employers concluded without an agreement this Wednesday.

In this way, the representatives of the soccer players of the highest female category (FUTPRO, AFE, CC.OO., Soccer Players ON and UGT) and the employers have not been able to reach an understanding to improve the labor agreement of the playersso the start of the league championship is seen to be postponed.

According to the information released, the main discrepancy in the negotiations has focused on the amount of the minimum wage. At first, the unions asked that this amount be €25,000although later they lowered their claims to the 23,000. The employers, for their part, made a first offer of 16,000 euros in the initial meetings, which he later raised to reach the figure 20,000. Both sides have been stuck in their positions.

Therefore, the first day of the F League will not be played, at least not this weekend. The second day, on the other hand, is still up in the air, since both parties will continue negotiating throughout the next week.

F League statement

The F-League has announced this Wednesday night that “the irresponsibility and lack of spirit and high vision of the unions lead clubs and players to a strike“and that to avoid it”will not give in to pressure or accept proposals that mean the economic collapse of the competition, and, therefore, the failure of professional women’s football“.

According to the women’s football employers’ association through a note, the new meeting in the framework of the negotiation of the collective agreement “hIt has clearly revealed the absolute lack of will of the unions to reach an agreement that would allow the strike to be unblocked“.

Official statement: Collective Agreement Meeting
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– League F (@LigaF_oficial) September 6, 2023

Source: Eitb

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