The meeting has been called after the latest talks between the company and workers’ representatives ended without an agreement. Staff approved the strike action in a referendum on June 29, and the union maintains that negotiations on the collective agreement have been deadlocked for two years. Their main demands include safeguarding purchasing power, improvements in work-life balance and equality, a reduction in working hours without a pay cut, greater stability for part-time contracts, and progress in internal promotion and professional categories. A partial strike is also scheduled for September 30, coinciding with a plenary session of Zaragoza City Council.
THEY CALL FOR A MEETING WITH ZARAGOZA CITY COUNCIL
The unions are calling for greater involvement from the city council and have requested a meeting with councillor Tatiana Gaudes, the municipal groups, and neighborhood and social representatives to present their demands. They believe the municipal government must get involved because the dispute concerns an essential public service for Zaragoza.
For its part, FCC Medio Ambiente says negotiations remain active and has expressed its willingness to reach an agreement that would allow the Pilar Festivities to go ahead as normal. The company acknowledges that a strike during those days would have an “especially significant” impact on the city, given the large number of activities and visitors and the effect it would have on Zaragoza’s image. The September 24 meeting at SAMA is therefore being seen as a new opportunity to break the deadlock in the negotiations and prevent the labor dispute from directly spilling onto the streets during the Pilar Festivities.
