The unions prepare mobilizations in the companies to "channel social discontent" due to price increases

The social peace that reigned during the pandemic thanks to the agreements between companies, unions and the Government to tackle the labor consequences of the crisis is broken.

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Yesterday employers announced salary moderation and eventual

to be negotiated and the unions responded with a growing campaign of mobilizations that will channel social discontent.

Employers and unions have failed to agree on general guidelines for wage increases that allow them to face the price crisis with a common approach.

Last week they terminated the negotiations for the Agreement for Employment and Collective Bargaining (AENC), thus annulling any possibility of the income pact requested by the Government and the Bank of Spain.

on the other, are now instructing their organizations with a view to signing thousands of agreements from different companies and sectors.

CEOE convened its extraordinary executive committee yesterday at noon to agree on the measures to be taken.

Those attending the forum

as the general secretaries of the organization's employers' associations met by the president,

The reference was consistent with the last offer launched to the unions for 2022, to which was added a 2.5% increase in 2023 and 2024. But the employers did not even approve a more flexible range.

"That was the limit reached in the AENC negotiations: it makes no sense to put it as a reference at this stage and neither to link it to an increase in the SMI that we did not sign," sources attending the committee explained yesterday.

The principles with which employers will address wage increases are to avoid indexing wages to "volatile inflation" and seek mixed remuneration formulas with indicators such as

or EBITDA of the companies.

The pension plans or the variable remunerations would help to complete the offers to the workers.

And, in the last case, if the agreement is impossible, the recommendation is to get out of the agreement.

Given the more than possible conflict, CEOE reminded companies that they can

economic, technical, organizational or production reasons "according to article 82.3 of the Workers' Statute, after a consultation period."

On the other hand, CCOO understood this message as a challenge in the face of what lies ahead for social dialogue.

The union has summoned its leadership tomorrow to discuss the response to the bosses.

Its leader,

that will generate a growing campaign of mobilizations for collective agreements.

"We are going to channel social discontent through conflict in negotiations with companies," he warned.

The tension has already gone beyond negotiations in different sectors such as call centers or the metal sector and threatens to spread to other activities.

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