The CCOO (Working Workers' Commissions) has been excluded from the agreement between the government and social partners to implement improvements in the hospitality industry for not having signed the agreement.
In this way, the union is excluded from aid intended to control absenteeism and improve conciliation and training of workers.
PalmOnce the hospitality industry agreement between the sector's employers' associations and the UGT was signed, the series isn't over. The final chapter took place this Wednesday, when the government, employers' associations, and unions signed a tripartite agreement to control absenteeism and improve work-life balance and worker training—a document in which the CCOO (Working Council of Workers) does not appear. This union did not sign the hospitality agreement because, despite the 13.5% salary increase over three years, they consider the loss of labor rights that this entails unacceptable.
The president of the CCOO Services Federation in the Balearic Islands, Héctor Gómez, points out that they have been pressured to sign the agreement and asserts that they have been excluded from the tripartite agreement for not having done so. This agreement entails subsidies that CCOO will not receive. "We are being blackmailed because we signed the agreement and, if not, we cannot be part of the tripartite agreement. But CCOO will not sell out for subsidies in exchange for an agreement that means workers lose many rights," he states. According to the union, the new agreement eliminates the mandatory two-day rest period, modifies the regulation of temporary disability, eliminates the two-day travel leave in case of hospitalization; withdraws special leave for professional promotion; It eliminates the calculation of seniority for temporary employees and extends the deadline for carrying out the workload study for chambermaids until 2028.
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Sources consulted deny that any conditions were imposed or that any form of blackmail was used against the CCOO (Working Council of Workers) to join the tripartite agreement. However, they point out that the document signed this Wednesday includes a clause supporting the hospitality industry agreement.
Regarding the tripartite agreement, it provides for the creation of an observatory to eradicate unjustified absenteeism, the launch of consultancies on work-life balance, and the improvement of worker training.
