While the 5th collective agreement covering the sector’s 10,000 employees officially expired at the end of 2010, its renewal still has not been negotiated. Unions and employers’ organizations have been debating for nearly 3 years. In this context and as the last labor reform provides that agreements that haven’t been renewed are null after 2 years, the 2 largest businesses in the sector announced that they would no longer apply but then changed their minds after the outcry caused among unions. An agreement was reached within the arbitration committee to solve collective disputes in these two companies, giving them 1 year to negotiate the renewal of the sectoral agreement. (Ref. 130690)
Difficult renewal of the TAW industry’s collective agreement. While the 5th collective agreement, which covers the sector’s 10,000 employees officially expired at the end of 2010, its renewal still has not been negotiated. Unions and employers’ organizations have been debating for nearly 3 years. The latest bones of contention in the negotiations concern wage moderation (unions want a 3 percent increase over 5 years when employers offer a 1 percent increase for a 3 percent increase in...
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