The dispute currently pits the two sides against each other over the terms of the new agreement. The union says the company has put forward a 7.5% pay offer over three years, which it considers insufficient, and also denounces cuts compared with previous proposals on work-life balance and equality. Its demands also include regulating internal promotion and reducing part-time employment.
The company, however, maintains that its proposal is not 7.5% but reaches 9.4% "in all respects" for 2025, 2026 and 2027. FCC also says the offer is above the public sector pay review and includes other improvements for staff. The company has submitted the offer registered with SAMA to defend its proposal and stresses its willingness to continue negotiating.
DIRECT CLASH BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND CGT
CGT also says it proposed continuing negotiations over the weekend in an effort to avert the strike, but claims FCC management rejected the possibility. The union considers it particularly important to keep negotiating because of the characteristics of a workforce in which, according to its position, there is a high proportion of workers on part-time contracts. It also accuses the company of being interested in a strike taking place in order to pressure the city council and secure an increase in the budget allocated to the contract.
FCC, for its part, has questioned CGT’s desire to continue negotiations separately from the other unions. The company says the union has not attended meetings of the negotiating committee and did not attend Friday’s meeting either. According to its version, the organization has once again been called to Monday’s meeting alongside the other union representatives to continue the talks. It likewise maintains that negotiations must be conducted with the workers’ representatives as a whole.
