Torrelavega, (EFE) the renewal of the agreement that expired in March 2022.
Both parties have been meeting for about three hours this Monday afternoon with the presence of mediators from the labor dispute resolution body (Orecla), but the differences continue to be such that they have decided to close the contact without compromise.
This lack of agreement leads the conflict to a seventh week of strike in the Torrelavega and Reocín workplaces, one hundred percent unemployed.
The president of the committee, Álvaro Fernández, has assured EFE that the failure of the meeting is due to the “unmovable” position of the leadership, which has also not wanted to accept the new proposal presented by the mediators to try to bring positions closer.
The unions demand the review of salaries with the CPI for the year.
New actions?
The committee will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, to analyze the current situation and make decisions regarding the conflict, without ruling out new protest actions.
In a statement, Aspla management has accused the committee of rejecting proposals “in an inexplicable way.”
The company believes that some proposals include some of the main demands of the workers, but they regret the “total refusal” of the committee to reach an agreement.
A position of maximums
Aspla has affirmed that, with salary conditions “above the sector” and the regional and national average, and with an offer for 2022 that contemplates a salary increase of 5.70%, the committee “insists on rejecting any proposal and maintains its top position.
In addition, it has said that the pickets “continue to resort to physical and verbal violence” at the gates of the factory, making it necessary for the State security bodies and forces to act to guarantee the safety of workers who have decided to exercise their right to work.
“Despite all the events, confinements, and other actions that try to give a negotiating image on their part, the reality is that once again they remain inflexible and remain entrenched in their position of maximums, since the committee is only worth their proposal, and It does not admit any other approach”, the company highlighted.