Mercadona will increase the salary of its 100,000 workers by up to 6%

2023-12-18 16:37:39

Mercadona and the representatives of UGT, CC YES and of Independent Union (SI), have signed the new company collective agreement. This agreement, which reinforces the importance of shared and sustainable growth, will enter into force on January 1, 2024 and will last for 5 years, until the end of 2028.

According to the company, the agreement guarantees the purchasing power of the workforce. The increase in the base salary is linked to the CPI, up to 2.5%, and, if it is higher, the company will complete this increase up to a maximum of 6%, percentage linked to the company’s profit objectives; a measure in line with the model of wealth creation and sharing of shared benefits that the company has been applying for years.

Besides, the company chaired by Juan Roig already guarantees a minimum entry salary of 1,507 euros per month/gross, (20% more than the minimum interprofessional salary), to which are added, among others, the supplements inherent to the company’s remuneration policy that represent increases of 11% annually up to section 5, and which can represent a 60% more on the interprofessional minimum wage.

Logistics centers and warehouses

In the new agreement it is extended to workers of the hives (exclusive warehouses for sale online) and of the logistics blocks the rest of eight weekends a year. This initiative will come into force progressively in 2024 and will end in 2025, which will mean that this measure reaches the majority of its staff. Likewise, the company commits to reducing working hours in 2025.

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The Director of Labor Relations of Mercadona, Ruth García, highlights that “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 company’s success and growth. A company whose management model is based on satisfying the workers, because they are the ones who satisfy the more than 5.7 million homes twice a day.”

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Union satisfaction

The unions also show their satisfaction. Lola Luna Fernandezstate responsible for FeSMC UGT Commerce sector, highlights the importance of this agreement, as it is the one that will most affect the sector and highly values ​​the agreements reached in this negotiation, agreements that will allow people who work in Mercadona“continue at the head of the sector, not only in terms of economic remuneration, but also in terms of quality in the distribution of the day, and qualified breaks, something that facilitates the reconciliation of personal and work life so demanded in the sector of commerce”.

In similar terms, Jose Maria Martinezsecretary general of the Federation of CCOO services, indicates: “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. Carrying out this adaptation, improving working conditions and with an increase in salaries that guarantee purchasing power in the largest company in the sector. We must also highlight the continuity of the Observatory that was created in the previous agreement, where we will study how the working day will be reduced and the analysis of its distribution.”

For his part, the general secretary of the Independent Union, Fermín Palaciosmaintains that “from the primer Mercadona’s collective agreement up to the current one, the Independent Union, a participant in its negotiation, has confirmed a double line: maintenance of the purchasing power of all workers and continued creation of stable employment. A true social commitment! The most outstanding collective agreement in the sector,” he adds.