The banking employer prepares a proposal to deal with inflation

AEB and unions will meet again next week

MADRID, 20 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) has made a commitment to the representatives of the workers in the sector to present a specific proposal next week to deal with the current environment of loss of purchasing power due to rising inflation, as reported in a joint statement UGT, CC.OO. and FINE after the meeting of the banking sector observatory that was held this Tuesday.

The three trade union organizations have spent months demanding the opening of a negotiation to review the collective agreement based on the provisions of article 86.1 of the Workers' Statute.

As they defend, the current scenario differs from the one that existed at the time of the negotiation of the current agreements (negative interest rates, economic prospects of no recovery for another ten years and a global pandemic) and the profits of the banking system have risen and will continue to rise with the rise in rates, while the working conditions of the workforce and their purchasing power have deteriorated.

In the last meeting with the employers, which took place on July 6, the AEB did not give up and presented a report that sought to demonstrate that wages in the sector have not been devalued.

However, the unions have come out of this Tuesday's meeting more satisfied than the one held then and the one they had with CECA last week, perceiving progress in the AEB's position towards the salary review.

"In the meeting held this Tuesday, September 20, 2022, AEB has shown its willingness to seek solutions to the approaches that CC.OO., UGT and FINE presented to them in previous meetings", they have indicated in a statement.

The banking association has summoned the representatives of the workers in the sector to a meeting on September 29, in which it will present a specific proposal.

From the unions they defend 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.