Pay freezes continue particularly at local level

The latest official figures on collective agreements indicate that local-level agreements are more likely to involve pay freezes in 2014 than deals negotiated at a sector level. Some 40% of workers covered by company deals face a pay freeze this year compared to 18% of those covered by higher agreements. The CCOO confederation sees this is one of the results of the labour reforms imposed by the conservative government in 2012 which, in line with the European institutions, has wanted to see a shift to more local level bargaining at the expense of sectoral negotiations.
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