Unions call on municipal employers to act on collective agreements

Spain

The FSC-CCOO and FSP-UGT federations have criticised the failure of the FEMP - the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces - to respond to their call for an agreement to tackle the decline in collective agreement coverage in the sector and prevent that many collective agreements lapse without being renegotiated. In contrast, the unions welcome the agreement signed between the two unions, the CSIF union and the Regional Federation of Municipalities and Provinces in Castile and León. This accord recommends to local authorities in the region to renew collective agreements before 8 July to ensure that are not rendered invalid.
Read more at > FSC-CCOO (ES)
And at > FSP-UGT (ES)

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