CCOO to seek minimum wage increase of more than 5%

CCOO Secretary-General Unai Sordo has set out two demands for Spain’s next minimum wage increase: the rise should exceed 5%, and the government must first honor commitments it has already made.

Sordo did not specify the figure CCOO will propose. The union still needs to negotiate it with UGT, Spain’s other major labor organization. He said CCOO would not sign a new agreement with the government until it fulfills promises including preventing employers from absorbing supplements into minimum-wage increases and approving a working-time registration system.

Those commitments remain unresolved. The Council of Ministers has not approved the working-time registration rules, while the measure banning the absorption of supplements remains stalled. The Economy Ministry continues to resist the new registration system, the article said, despite an earlier agreement.

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We will not resign ourselves to the disappearance of the Seat brand.

CCOO argues that the minimum wage should rise clearly above the average wage increase, which it places at around 4% to 5%. Without agreement on the amount and progress on the government’s commitments, the next minimum wage increase is unlikely to receive union support.

Sordo also addressed Seat, saying CCOO “will not resign itself to the disappearance of the Seat brand.” He attributed the prospect to earlier decisions and described the company as an industrial asset worth defending. The union plans to build a coalition with public authorities to defend the brand.

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There is a problem of context and erroneous strategic decisions, but beyond these considerations, Seat is an industrial element that should continue to be defended. It is not true that the disappearance of the Seat brand would have no effect.