Primark workers will gather this Wednesday in front of different stores of the ‘low cost’ fashion firm in Spain for ask for salary increases in the negotiation of the agreement due to the lack of agreements and the “immobility of the company”, as reported by CCOO in a statement.
Specifically, the Primark workforce is called to mobilize in a first phase tomorrow from 12.00 to 13.00 hours in different stores of the firm in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, A Coruña, Bilbao, Tenerife, Seville, Valladolid and Oviedo to try to “give a rudder blow to the precarious drift that the company is acquiring”.
The union demands a “fair treatment” from the company, because they remember that “without their staff, the chain does not advancedoes not grow and does not continue to have increased profits”.
CCOO demand in the negotiation of the agreement one salary increase at the level of the CPI, an additional 6% in 2023, 6% in 2024 and if the company wants the agreement to last three years, it proposes a another 6% increase by 2025. In addition, he asks to increase the 30 euros proposed by the company and further reduce the limit to work on Sundays.
The union has also proposed the Irish multinational qualified breaks of 12 Saturdays plus Sundays, as well as eliminating the first holiday shift that starts in May so that the start becomes June 21. In addition, he demands that the new agreement include one system to increase contract hours progressively.
CCOO has stressed that it is working to include these proposals so that the Primark agreement is “fair and compensates the workforce for their efforts” made in recent years.