The Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, thanked the employer cea the contributions that were made in the negotiation, although it was ultimately not possible to close a tripartite agreement.
The second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díazhas announced that it has concluded an agreement with the trade unions UGT and CCOO To increase the minimal interprofessional salary (SMI) at 50 euros, up to 1184 euros per month in 14 payments, in 2025.
“Social dialogue works”The vice president has emphasized with social agents after the meeting on Wednesday. Díaz thanked the employer cea the contributions in the negotiation, although ultimately a tripartite agreement was not concluded.
The increase of 50 euros per month, A 4.41 %It is the proposal that the Ministry of Labor has led to the negotiating table and corresponds to the highest proposal of the expert’s report.
The Bastard had an increase in 3 %In accordance with what has been collected in the collective negotiating framework for this year, while the Trade unions They claimed an increase in the vicinity of 6 % and reach 1200 euros per month.
In addition to the climb, the work with the trade unions has been agreed Start to negotiate in two months a series of Normative changes To prevent SMI from increasing, it is ultimately absorbed in other areas or accessories. To do this, a new social dialogue table will be opened to match these changes in the transposition of the European directive of still being treated by minimum wage.
The trade unions want the regulations to collect that The SMI must reach 60 % of the average salaryThe obligation to update the salaries of collective agreements that can be influenced by the SMI and the daily amounts and adjusting per hour if the reduction of the working day takes place to 37.5 hours a week in 2025.
Díaz has celebrated a “good news” and has pointed to his intention to wear The rise of the council of ministers “with an imminent character”. He has repeated that the function is that the new amount is exempt from payment, but that it is a competence of the Ministry of Finance. Both CCOO and UGT have insisted that the SMI must be exempt from paying.
The secretary of trade union action and the contents CCOOMari Cruz Vicente, has considered a “good news” that it achieved for the performance achieved. “We would have liked a tripartite agreement,” said Vicente, as we indicate that the employer’s proposal “has guaranteed 60 % of the average salary”, which was a “red line” for the trade unions he has prevented That he has prevented “approaching positions.”
“We seemed more important to reach an agreement,” said the deputy secretary -general of the trade union policy of UgtFernando Luján, who thanked the employer who brought proposals to the table. “We want to move security and certainty,” Luján added who appreciated that work obligation to start negotiating legal changes for the SMI.
Source: EITB
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