CCOO and UGT, signatories of the current hotel agreement for Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, proposed this Tuesday to the employers of this province a salary increase of 7.75% for this year or the payment of a single extra payment that, if accepted, would call off the strike announced for Easter.
According to UGT sources speaking to EFE, the employers are going to study the proposal for a single payment and will give a response next Tuesday, in a new meeting to be held in the trade union building in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
UGT has always spoken of a specific salary increase for this year due to the loss of purchasing power of workers in a sector that registers millionaire profits, the source stressed, while negotiations will continue on the new agreement that expires on December 31.
CCOO sources have insisted, however, on negotiating now also, in addition to that single payment, the improvement of schedules and working conditions of cleaning ladies, two issues that UGT would be willing to defend within the framework of ordinary collective bargaining.
For this last union, which is part of the Hotel Industry Union Board, the priority at the moment is the economic compensation to workers for the good results of the sector after the covid-19 crisis.
Both unions consider Tuesday's meeting crucial, the sources stressed.
The unions will call a strike if there is no 7.70% wage increase in the hotel industry
The Hotel Industry Union Board, formed by the Canarian Trade Union Federation, UGT, Intersindical and USO, insisted on Monday on requesting a salary review of 7.70% in the province of Las Palmas, "in accordance with the benefits of the sector", and announced that, if this was not achieved, it would call a strike, which may or may not coincide with the one announced for Easter by CCOO.
