Tomorrow Tuesday, the 28th, will be an important day when they meet again patronage and unions (FUTPRO, AFE, Futbolistas On, UGT and CCOO) for the future collective agreement for women’s professional football. The meeting, scheduled for the 23rd, had to be postponed due to agenda issues.
The meeting can be important because, as MD learned, the unions will present a proposal that is closer and more appropriate to what employers are asking for. It should be remembered that the employers presented a preliminary proposal for a minimum wage of 17,000 on January 18 without any partiality from the footballers.
In other words, full dedication to professional activity. A proposal that includes a growth of 500 euros for the next five years until it reaches 19,500 euros and is retroactive once the new agreement enters into force. The agreement currently in force establishes 16,000 with 75% partiality.
The proposal will be led by the AFE (it has four representatives to six from FUTPRO, which is the union with the highest representation). Futbolistas On, UGT and CCOO have a representative, as we already explained in MD on March 3 and who is close to the postulates defended by the clubs, understanding that in this way the possibility of the current competition can be defended (13 of 16 clubs) where currently 70% of soccer players’ salaries are around 25,000 euros and only 2% reach or exceed 100,000 euros.
A scenario far from what the employers defend would not only endanger the viability of the competition, but also that many clubs would choose to look at the community market of the big leagues rather than defend the national product. With the added risk for many national players to find a destination both in the Spanish league and in the rest of Europe.
CCOO and UGT support is sufficient
We will see what happens because this could be an important day for the signing of the new agreement, the second in women’s football, and that it will be retroactive from the moment the second agreement in women’s football in history comes into force . Although this proposal is far from the one led by the majority women’s football union FUTPRO (which considers a minimum of 32,000 euros per year and can reach 50,000), an agreement can be reached without unanimity between the five representatives of the union.
In the event that the agreement between the employers and the union is closed, and even if it is not united with all union representatives, it is enough for the two largest unions in our country to support it: Comisiones Obreros and UGT. This is because the other three (FUTPRO, AFE and Futbolistas ON) are considered sectoral unions.
Source: La Verdad
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