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UGT and CCOO call a strike in the shops of León on January 5, 7 and 8 due to the “blockade” of the collective agreement

UGT and CCOO call a strike in the shops of León on January 5, 7 and 8 due to the “blockade” of the collective agreement

The UGT and CCOO have called three days of strike in the León commerce sector, on January 5, 7 and 8, due to the “blockade” in the negotiation of the provincial sectoral collective agreements in the sector, with which the unions intend to improve the salary conditions of workers, who in León receive up to 3,000 euros less per year with respect to sectoral agreements in other provinces, such as Burgos.


LEN, 28 (EUROPA PRESS)

The UGT and CCOO have called three days of strike in the León commerce sector, on January 5, 7 and 8, due to the “blockade” in the negotiation of the provincial sectoral collective agreements in the sector, with which the unions intend to improve the salary conditions of workers, who in León receive up to 3,000 euros less per year with respect to sectoral agreements in other provinces, such as Burgos.

The service federations of both unions have assured in a press release sent to Europa Press that, “in view of the breach of the duty to negotiate” by the Federación Leonesa de Empresios (FELE), “the conflict is inevitable” because the situation it is “unsustainable” for the workers who “are mostly condemned to receive the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI).

For this reason, they have made an “appeal” to FELE to renew “responsibly” the regulatory frameworks of these agreements, which “have been paralyzed for two or three and, in some cases, up to four years”, so the loss According to the unions, according to the unions, the purchasing power of the workers in the León business, “where wages are especially low”, causes an “unsustainable situation for families”.

“León needs an opportunity to progress. The workers of this land are being expelled by an employer whose mouth is full in its identity claim, but which forgets its commitment to the people who live and work in the province of León”, have lamented from the UGT and CCOO, who have accused the businessmen of having received “huge amounts of public money” in recent years to “now leave the working class behind”.

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