It is a preliminary agreement that has been agreed between management and the trade union majority (UGT, CCOO, PIM and Ekintza). ELA, LAB and ESK have rejected it because the workers “will lose purchasing power” and they are betting on the continuation of the mobilizations.
the template of Mercedes-Benz Victoria will vote in a referendum this Monday provisional agreement reached last Tuesday between the management and the trade union majority (UGT, CCOO, PIM and Ekintza) for the new agreement, to which ELA, LAB and ESK have not joined.
The management of the Mercedes Benz plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the works council resumed negotiations on the new agreement last Tuesday, following the company’s suspension of talks last week due to called strikes and mobilizations by the trade unions.
After almost nine hours of meetings, the management and the trade union majority consisting of CCOO, UGT, PIM and Ekintza reached a preliminary agreement that ELA did not participateLAB and ESK, which according to the signatory unions “guarantee factory work for decades to come, very important investments and more than 400 contracts for an indefinite period”.
The LAB union has asked workers to vote “no” to the preliminary agreement
From the management of the factory in Alava they described as “very good deal for all employees of the factory” reached the preliminary agreement for the 2021-2016 collective labor agreement, which, according to the company, guarantees a consolidated wage increase of 6% in 2022 and an annual increase of 2.25% between 2023 and 2026, among other measures such as the “sixth night’s retreat.
In that sense, the CEO of Mercedes Benz Vitoria, Emilio Titosafter warning last Wednesday that a rejection by the workers of the pre-contract would mean “a bet on the abyss” and “the beginning of the end of growth” for the factory, he said on Friday that he is confident the staff will will support him tomorrow, because “since a strong present their future is at stake” and moreover he assured that a rejection by the German multinational would not be understood because “it is a different culture”.
For their part, the trade unions ELA, LAB and ESK, which reject the preliminary agreement, among other things, because “pay increases are not linked to the CPI and purchasing power is lost,” they carried out this week the three days of strike they had already declared, and they have called on workers to vote against this Monday.
Voting before agreement
The factory personal vote takes place from 10:15 AM to 1:00 PM in the morning shift, from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM in the afternoon shift, and from 12:30 PM to 2:15 AM. at night, while it takes place in the office building from 09:00 to 14:00. Each cost center is assigned a voting table and they can vote all active staff members.
To vote personally it is necessary present proof of identity, passport, driver’s license, NIE or employee card. Employees can access envelopes and ballots through the chain of command, at factory entrances and at the polling stations themselves.
Mercedes Vitoria director: “We are all at risk, from a strong present, our future”
Operators also have the option to: electronic voting, but the deadline to vote electronically passed this Friday at 2 p.m. Applications after that time will be rejected. According to union sources, 559 employees registered to vote electronically, about 10%.
The electronic voting hours on the Appsamblea platform are from 12:00 AM to midnight, including Mondays. there will be alone two voice options in both formats: AGREE YES or AGREE NO. The results are expected on Tuesday between 2.30 pm and 3 pm.
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Source: EITB
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