The parties held their first meeting on Monday with the mediation of the Basque government, an appointment that served as a “contact”.
Euskaraz irakurri: Bizkaiko metalgintzako sindikatuak et patronala berriz bilduko dira hilaren 23an
The Bizkaia metal conflict has entered a new phase this week with mediation of the Basque government between trade unions and employers to strive for a convergence of positions in the negotiations on the sectoral agreement.
This Monday, the parties held a first meeting that served as “contact,” union sources said, and they will meet again on Monday, June 23.
After more than 12 days strike in the sector, the new year has started in 2022 without the parties closing the gap in their positions, while the trade unions continue to mobilize in the streets.
For example, the Basque government had called employers and trade unions to a meeting this Monday in Bilbao. The union majority that forms the negotiating table DC. OO., LAB and UGT had asked for their mediation after the Deputy Hendakari and Minister of Labor and Employment, Idoia Mendia, offered it in the Basque Parliament last December. Despite not asking for mediation, DE A He has indicated that he will be present at the appointment.
It is not the first time that the autonomous executive has intervened to mediate in a labor dispute. It has already done so in conflicts experienced in companies such as Tubacex or Artiach and in the cleaning of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.
Now it will do so in the most important sector of the Biscay industry, the metal industry, which directly employs more than 100 workers 50,000 workers in Biscay.
One of the points that has anchored the negotiations between the parties is the point that refers to the salary increase. The unions are calling for wage increases that ensure the preservation of wage purchasing power and believe that this is not guaranteed with the Biscayan Federation of Metal Companies (FVEM) offer.
The strike days for the renewal of the sector agreement were supported by all trade unions with representation in the sector.
The first three were promoted jointly between June and July last year, but it fell around the turn of the summer unity of action among all unions and while CC. oo. , LAB, UGT, ESK, CGT and CNT have continued to call for mobilization together, ELA has gone it alone, amid continued reports in favor of an indefinite strike in the sector.
Employers and unions have not met since December 21, when the last meeting of the negotiating table for the agreement was held, which again ended without progress.
In that appointment, LAB, CC. oo. and UGT presented a new proposal, which was rejected by the FVEM employers, as “it was far from what companies can offer, both in terms of wages, working hours, subrogation, licenses…”.
The unions started the year with new mobilizations, including those in development DC. OO., LAB, UGT, ESK, CGT and CNT before the various courts of Bilbao, Barakaldo and Durango to accompany some workers accused of crimes such as public disorder or attacks on authorities during the last days of the strike.
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Source: EITB
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