Strike in the cleaning sector in Bizkaia on April 26, 27 and May 10, 11 and 12, 2022

ELA, LAB and ESK have announced the call for: five day strike in the industry of cleaning Biscay on April 26, 27 and May 10, 11 and 12 to demand that the employers of the sector increase the salary to 1,200 euros (15 monthly payments).

The unions made this announcement during a press conference hosted in front of the headquarters of the Biscayan employers’ association Cebek, in Bilbao, which they accused, after months of mobilizations, of going ahead without making “proposals”.

Union representatives and workers have recalled that “the sector has been mobilizing for months because” the employer continues without making proposals“So, faced with this attitude, the three unions, which represent the majority of the negotiating table, have decided to proceed with the mobilisations.

In its appearance, the group denounced that the annual salaries of cleaning staff in Bizkaia “do not reach 16,000 euros” and many of them work for part timesomething that also confirms that “the pay gap is evident” relative to other cleaning workers.

But despite this, the employers have “not made any proposals” for months and “although inflation is at record highs, wages are still frozen” and, as they recalled, this group of cleaners, during the pandemic it was considered “essential”

Therefore, these three unions demand salaries of 1,200 euros and 15 monthly payments. In any case, they have indicated that this strike call will affect the work centers where the territorial cleaning agreement is applied, and if it does not come into effect, they have warned that their intention is to call for “more strike days”.