ELA, CC. OO., LAB, UGT, ESK, CGT and CNT criticize the fact that the employers’ association “still does not contribute relevant content” in the negotiations and state that, ahead of the next meeting, they will activate the demonstrations “if the employers do not understand that wealth should be distributed among the working class”.
labor unions ELA, CC. OO., LAB, UGT, ESK, CGT and CNT announced, in a joint statement made public this Friday, that there will be more strikes in the Biscay Metal” from next September if the employer proceeds without providing “any relevant content” to the negotiating table for the renewal of the agreement in the sector.
Representatives of these unions appeared before the headquarters of the Vizcaya Federation of Metal Companies (FVEM) in Bilbao and recalled that the next meeting of the negotiating table is scheduled for September 13, and they put forward that if the employers’ association Cebek persists his “arrogance”, they will again “stop production” in the sector and “flood the streets” with the protests of the working class.
The unions have indicated that they are ready to mobilize from September and “reactivate the sector” “If the bosses don’t understand… That wealth what is generated? it must be divided among the metal working class of Biscay, and continues to position itself in the sense that the cost of these CPIA so high” should be paid by the workers.
As they have explained, at the last negotiating meeting last Wednesday, the employers didn’t contribute “new content”maintains its “total rejection of the 17 points of the joint platform”, its salary proposal “is preposterous” and “it continues to include regressive elements in terms of sick leave and flexibility”.
The unions expect a “change of attitude” in the employers’ association, although they are not “very optimistic” in view of the last meeting, recognizing that “it is likely” that Cebek “wants to remain in the same position without contributing all relevant content at the negotiating table.”
If the bosses decide to “waste the opportunities” in the new negotiating meeting, the exchanges understand that “the battle in the sector must continue”.
Confronted with the call from the Basque employers’ association Confebask – of which Cebek is a member – to make agreements with the unions on “balanced leases” and “salary moderation”, the trade unions of Bizkaia Metal have indicated that if the company profits are still not distributed, with the high CPI, “the conflict will continue”. “Only if there is can they make arrangements,” she added.
El Metal de Bizkaia supported three days of strikes in June and July, which managed to “paralyze” the sector and constituted a “true display of power”.
They have stressed that the workers “have made it clear that” they don’t accept crumbs that the bosses offer”. Likewise, they have the “repression and attitude of the Ertzaintzaduring the protests on the days of the strike and have demanded that “there is no form of retaliation against any worker”.
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