2023-12-18 16:25:09
Monday, December 18, 2023, 1:54 p.m. | Updated 3:25 p.m.
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This Monday, Mercadona signed its new company collective agreement, which will come into force on January 1, 2024 and will last for five years, until the end of 2028. After weeks of negotiations with the unions, wage increases will no longer be linked completely to the CPI, as is the case in the agreement that has been in force since 2019, and will become partly linked to the company’s results.
The agreement guarantees the purchasing power of the workforce, since the increase in the base salary will continue to be linked to the CPI, up to 2.5%. In the event that inflation is higher, the company will supplement it up to a maximum of 6%, a percentage linked to the profit objectives.
This 2023, Mercadona has already increased the salary of its employees by 5.7% (coinciding with the CPI data from December of the previous year, as stated in the agreement in force at that time). According to what the company of Valencian origin indicates, the new formula is a “measure in line with the model of wealth creation and sharing of shared benefits that the company has been applying for years” which, in addition, already guarantees a minimum entry salary of 1,507 gross euros per month, 20% more than the minimum interprofessional salary.
Added to this figure are other supplements “typical of the company’s remuneration policy, which represent increases of 11% annually up to section 5 and which can represent 60% more than the minimum interprofessional salary,” he recalls in a joint statement. of Mercadona and the representatives of the signatory unions (UGT, CC OO and the Independent Union).
“This new agreement is the result of the effort of all the parties involved to guarantee the satisfaction of the more than 100,000 people who make up Mercadona, who are the cause of the success and growth of the company,” says Ruth García, director of Mercadona Labor Relations.
The new agreement also affects the workers of the hives – exclusive warehouses for online sales – and the logistics blocks, to whom conciliation measures will also be extended, such as rest for 8 weekends a year. An initiative that will come into force progressively in 2024 and will end in 2025, according to the parties involved in the negotiation.
Reduction of the working day
Within the negotiations, the union demand for a reduction in working hours has also weighed heavily, which the company has committed to studying to apply from 2025.
Workers’ representatives have also expressed satisfaction with the agreement. “We understand that this agreement demonstrates once again that, through social dialogue, new labor realities can be adapted with the participation of all parties: company and RLPT,” indicates José María Martínez, general secretary of the Federation of CC OO services.
For her part, Lola Luna Fernández, State Head of the Commerce Sector of FeSMC UGT, highlights the importance of the agreement as it is the one with the greatest impact in the sector, valuing that Mercadona employees continue to lead “not only in terms of economic remuneration refers, but also in quality in the distribution of the day and qualified breaks, something that facilitates the reconciliation of personal and work life so demanded in the commerce sector.
Fermín Palacios, secretary of the Independent Union, stated in the same sense, indicating that “from Mercadona’s first collective agreement to the current one, we have confirmed a double line: maintenance of the purchasing power of all workers and continued creation of stable employment.”
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