Mercedes workers in Vitoria are called to a one-hour stoppage on each shift, from Monday to Thursday
Tomorrow, Monday, the stops will begin, but without mobilization, but on Tuesday and Thursday there will be rallies at 14:15, with shift changes outside the factory.
The Mercedes Benz Works Council in Vitoria-Gasteiz has calledfor an hour of unemployment for each working shift between Monday 15 and Thursday 18 due to the "deteriorating labour relations" of the factory.
With thevotes in favour of ELA, LAB and ESK and the abstention of the other unions (UGT, CCOO and Ekintza), the mobilizations now announced by the committee are those agreed by a majority at the last meeting.
The Commission sent a note a few days ago to the 5,000 workers to take part in the mobilizations to deal with the 'serious deterioration' ofworking conditions and the reconciliation FAMILIA.
The three main unions have complained thatthemanagement has failed to comply with and "violated" the agreements adopted continuously, that it hires temporary workers through temporary employment agencies and that the management has not taken into account workers' signatures against the performance of the ninth hour of morning and afternoon shifts, once the night shift has been cancelled.
They have explained that among the reasons for these mobilizationsare , which in the afternoon shifts of the week are 45 hours, and 53 hours in the morning, a direct consequence of the ninth hour and the work on Saturdays. In the opinion of the unions, this and the unbridled timetable in 2026 "make it impossible to reconcile family and working life."
From December 19 until January 12, 2026, production will stop at Mercedes in Vitoria.
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