Spanish unions still pushing for general agreement

Spain’s two main union confederations have made it clear that they still want to reach a framework national agreement with the employers on pay increases and other matters in the period 2015-16. The previous agreement, known as the AENC, covered the period 2012 to 2014.

The unions have three main goals:

• pay increases which improve real pay levels;

• the promotion of high quality employment;

• and action to ensure that current agreements continue to apply while they are being renegotiated and that the protection they provide is not lost.

Negotiations have been going on for months, with the unions blaming the employers over the failure to reach agreement.