The Vitoria gardeners have ratified the agreement and will put an end to more than six months of strike
The agreement provides for a linear wage increase of 25%, a reduction in annual working hours, partial retirement and an improvement in leave.
Enviser Emprsa workers outsourced by the City Council to maintain the gardens and green areas of Vitoria-Gasteiz have ratified the pre-agreementreached yesterday between the works council and the management, so they can end more than six months of strike.
The decision was taken by the workers in two assemblies held this afternoon, one convened by the LAB and ESK unions and the other by ELA, and in both cases the workers supported the pre-agreement by a majority, with a total of 46 votes in favour and 8 against, an agreement that will be ratified this Wednesday in Preco.
On the one hand, the linear salary increase of EUR 5 000for the period of validity of the agreement (2025-2028) will be around 25%.
In addition, the LAB union has explained in a statement that it has also agreed to reducethe annual working day by 108 hours, to take partial retirement subject to the respite contract, to improve licences and permits and to extend the time of the sandwich.
The trade unions are satisfied with the agreement reached and congratulate the workers on the mobilizations of those months.
On the 26th of March, the workers of Enviser began the strike, demanding their own agreement and denouncing the working conditions until then, which were subject to a state gardening agreement that barely exceeds the minimum wage.
In mid-June, the Basque Government decreed minimum services, at the request of the company and the City Council, "to ensure the maintenance of essential services to the community".
The strike has affected various areas, such as the green areas of the municipal swimming pools and the festivities, including theOlarizu Romerie Araba Euskarazen eta .
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