For 2 years, all collective agreements that are renegotiated lower the advantages provided for in the previous agreements. The difficult ongoing negotiations for the collective agreement in the catering industry in the Balearic islands are a telling example of employers’ tough stands and unions’ difficulties in collective bargaining as all the parts of the Spanish economy are trying to be more competitive.
Intolerable proposals for unions. 7 months after the talks to renew the collective agreement started, the situation is at a standstill. Employers’ organizations in the hotel industry in the Balearic Islands – FEHM for Majorca, ASHOME for Minorca and FEHIF for Ibiza and Formentera – presented the UGT and CCOO unions with unacceptable proposals. The unions are threatening to open the tourist season with a strike. Employers’ representatives want wages to be frozen for the 4 years of validity o
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