What: The National Association of Large Distribution Companies Agned’s collective agreement is expiring at the end of 2022 which has opened negotiations for its renewal along with ‘historical’ salary increases.

Why it is important: Of the 234,000 employees that Anged brings together, the main union at El Corte Inglés, will request a total wage increase of 19.6% in four years (6% in the first two and 3.2% in the following), while Comisiones Obreras aligns itself with Fetico requesting an 18% increase in salaries during the term of the agreement.

The unions support their demands with the argument that wages in Spain have risen only 1% since the current agreement was put in place during the pandemic in 2020, and with inflation rising, workers are concerned.

Unions negotiate for historic salary increases in Spain