Workers at Cemex’s Alicante plant have accepted the company’s offer to cut pay by 25 percent. The 5 other Spanish plants of the Mexican cement group already gave in to the management’s demands, which didn’t leave any room for maneuver. (Ref. 130756)
For the Fecoma-CCOO and MCA-UGT unions, this is definitely a defeat. Cemex’s management didn’t change its plan or improve its offer. The Mexican multinational, which currently employs 800 people in total in Spain, explained the need to adapt, in a context of crisis and brutal drop in activity. It said it would only maintain activity in the country in exchange for a major pay cut and rejected the prospect of bargaining right away – the only alternative being site closures with a deadline...
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