MADRID, 20 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
CGT has convened this Friday an act of protest at the headquarters of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), at number 259D Paseo de la Castellana, at 11:00 a.m., coinciding with the meeting of the sectoral observatory that CC.OO., UGT and FINE will maintain with the association to negotiate a possible wage review formula.
The protest, which will last an hour, is motivated by the loss of purchasing power that the financial sector workforce is suffering as a result of the rise in inflation, the rise in interest rates and the rise in energy prices due to the war in Ukraine.
“The CGT cannot remain impassive for another minute. For this reason, taking advantage of the meeting of the sectoral observatory, a beach bar created by the signatories to violate our legitimate right to negotiate for being representative in the banking sector, we will gather at the headquarters of the bank employer association (AEB) to demand a wage increase to mitigate the aforementioned loss of purchasing power,” the union reported.
Within the framework of the sectoral observatory, the AEB is negotiating with other unions, such as CC.OO., UGT and FINE, the search for a formula to deal with the loss of purchasing power in the sector.
At the last meeting, which was held on September 29, the employers did not present a specific proposal that would allow bank employees to deal with the current environment, but instead demanded more time to work internally with the associated banks in a formula that would raise at the next meeting.
From CC.OO., UGT and FINE they maintain that any negotiation must be based on the salary recovery of 2022, the incorporation of a salary review clause in 2022 and 2023 and the review of diets, mileage and teleworking. The agreement reached by the parties will benefit the employees of the banks associated with the AEB, including Santander, BBVA, Sabadell, Bankinter or Deutsche Bank, among others.
