Spain: big fashion retailers set out to negotiate their own branch collective agreement

Set up early this year as a discreet lobby, Asociación Retail Textil España (ARTE), which brings together leading clothing retailers in Spain, is now taking action. The organisation has recently announced initial discussions with trade unions over the potential for its own collective agreement, which would allow it to break free from the labyrinth of smaller-scale agreements in place at provincial level in Spain, which currently govern the retail sector. The aim is to move towards a “stable and