CCOO and UGT warn: "Without a wage agreement, a strike in the hospitality industry for Easter is inevitable"

The unions demand labor improvements and redistribution of wealth, denouncing that economic growth does not reach workers in the sector

EFE

April 6 2025 (15:31 WEST)
Updated in April 6 2025 (15:32 WEST)
Hospitality Employee
Hospitality Employee

The CCOO and UGT unions maintain that there is still time to talk about raising wages in the hospitality sector and thus call off the strike planned for Easter.

Manuel Navarro, from UGT; and Inocencio González, from CCOO, attended the VIII National Congress of the Canarian Coalition this Sunday, where they agreed on the importance of improving the working and salary conditions of the sector's staff, because, otherwise, there will be no other option than to go on strike, they warned in statements to journalists.

According to Navarro, the solution to be able to call off this strike is on the table of the hoteliers of the Canary Islands, which, he insisted, involves raising wages in the islands, a community in which it was cheaper to hire in 2024.

Although that year the Canary Islands was the community "that generated the most economy", hospitality wages are still low, which for UGT is not ethical.

For his part, Inocencio González has lamented that "the elephant in the room" continues to be denied because there is a very significant loss of purchasing power among hospitality workers.

"The workloads with a massive influx like the one we have of visitors are brutal," he warned, while demanding more investment in occupational safety and health.

He also commented that it must be taken into account that workers in the hospitality sector are the ones who work the most weekends, nights and split shifts.

The leader of CCOO has specified that the growth of GDP in the Canary Islands is not transferred to the entire citizenry through a distribution and reasonable conditions in the jobs.

In his opinion, 60% of the wealth is kept by 10% of the population in the Canary Islands, which is "an important paradox".

Therefore, he concluded, either progress was made in improving conditions in the hospitality industry in the Canary Islands or a strike was called.

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