Employers and unions meeting ends without pay deal, but … – euronews

Employers and unions meeting ends without pay deal, but … – euronews

Reuters, 10/02 21:48 CET

The president of the CEOE, Juan Rosell, speaking to the media prior to the presentation of the study “Spanish Exports of services: development, challenges and prospects”, has called “flexibility” on all parties to close with unions “as soon as possible” the Third Agreement for Employment and Collective Bargaining . EFE

Madrid, February 10 ( EFE ) .- The unions and employers have now completed the meetings held at the highest level without a deal on a wage agreement and will meet again this week for further progress in the negotiations.

The general secretaries of the UGT , Cándido Méndez, and CCOO , Ignacio Fernández Toxo, and presidents of employers’ CEOE , Juan Rosell, and CEPYME , Antonio Garamendi, had met this afternoon to resume negotiations on an agreement on wages that had been interrupted last week.

Sources of negotiation have secured a EFE that after almost three hours of meeting the social partners have not reached any agreement on wages that may be included in the III Employment Agreement and Collective Bargaining to be initialed soon.

The Secretary of Communications CCOO , Fernando Lezcano, has confirmed to EFE “no break” but that the meeting has been postponed for further progress this week.

Other sources of trading have also argued that the negotiation continues and that “sooner or later there will be an agreement “although according have señalado-” what matters is not obsessed with the number “referring to the percentage of salary increase.

Today’s meeting comes after the employer postpone the meeting representatives of the four organizations – CEOE , Cepyme, CCOO and UGT were scheduled last day 3, to continue talking about wages .

And the employer gave an initial proposal to the unions in advocating for wage growth of 0.6% this year and 0.8% for 2016, linking the growth of GDP .

This document, which was recently sent to the territorial employers’ organizations, was rejected outright by CCOO and UGT who warned that it was “unacceptable”.

The unions have insisted all along that the increase in wages is the key to boost consumption and domestic demand and support the recovery of the economy, why have advocated a rise of 1.5% in 2015.

UGT and CCOO have criticized the Government has interfered in collective bargaining to perform “signs” the social partners to reach an agreement to continue with containment wage.

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