Employers and trade unions have been negotiating for months regarding the renewal of the framework agreement which will establish the basis for collective bargaining for 2015 to 2017. It is thought that the agreement has almost been reached, but employers are continuing to negotiate to maintain salary moderation, while those representing employees would like to agree on increases based on GDP growth.
The new inter-confederal agreement on employment and collective bargaining (AENC) has been delayed. It was supposed to have been signed before the end of December 2014, when the preceding agreement (2012-14) came to an end. This key tool for social dialogue was created by the management of two of Spain’s big trade unions, the CCOO (Workers’ Commissions) and the UGT (General Union of Workers), and the employer organisations the CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations) and the...
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