The F League and the unions reach an agreement to call off the strike

They sign an agreement to establish the minimum salary for the next three seasons

MADRID, 14 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Women's Professional Football League (League F) and the different unions, under the intervention of the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA), reached an agreement this Thursday at midnight to call off the players' strike following the negotiation of their Collective agreement.

"After a new and long day of negotiation under the mediation of SIMA, Liga F and the unions have reached an agreement regarding the minimum wage that allows the strike to be called," the employers' association indicated on its website, after nine hours. and a half meeting with FUTPRO, AFE, Futbolistas ON, UGT and CC.OO.

Thus, the parties signed an agreement for the next three seasons by which a minimum salary for 2023/24 of 21,000 euros is established, which can be increased to 23,000 euros depending on the growth of the competition's commercial income.

For the 2024/25 campaign it will be 22,500 euros, which can be increased to 25,000 euros depending on the growth of the competition's commercial income. And for the 2025/26 academic year it will be 23,500 euros, which can be increased to 28,000 euros depending on the growth of commercial income from the competition.

"This Professional League and its clubs had always defended the need to reach a long-term agreement that would provide stability to the women's professional football project and allow gradual and sustainable growth in accordance with the development of the competition," the press release stated.

"The commitment and repeated efforts of the clubs during the negotiation process have contributed fundamentally to achieving the much-needed peace scenario without losing sight of the sustainability of the competition," the text underlined.

In this sense, the press release predicted "a scenario that we hope will show the way to the rest of the institutions that are part of Spanish sport and allow the project of women's professional football to be promoted."

Finally, League F wanted to "thank the SIMA Foundation and the mediators involved" for both their "commitment" and their "dedication" in the negotiations of the Collective Agreement, which "have been decisive in achieving this agreement."