The unions accuse the multinational of halting dialogue and are calling for proposals that would help move toward a solution to the labor dispute. According to both organizations, FCC management has made no new offers to narrow differences and reach an agreement on workers’ employment conditions. The interruption of the talks also comes just days before the referendum scheduled for November 4, a coincidence the unions interpret as a pressure strategy targeting the workforce and the city government.
BOTH UNIONS CALL ON FCC TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
CGT and CC.OO. maintain that the company intends to use the dispute to pressure Zaragoza City Council and secure an increase in the municipal budget that, they allege, would ultimately serve its own economic interests. The unions question whether workers’ demands should be conditioned by this dispute and warn that public funds allocated to municipal services must serve the public interest.
Against this backdrop, both unions are demanding that FCC resume negotiations as soon as possible and present “realistic, sufficient and fair” proposals to unblock the collective agreement. They also reject the use of the electoral calendar and the workforce consultation as pressure tools, arguing that employment conditions must remain at the center of the negotiating process. The next date set for the parties to return to the negotiating table is November 12, after almost two weeks of suspended talks.
