Cegelec, one of the subcontracted companies at the Airbus plant in Getafe responsible for maintaining the machinery, has started an indefinite strike this Tuesday, backed by around a hundred employees and promoted by the CGT union.
The protest is part of the dispute opened over the outsourcing of staff carried out in 2023 and the demand for a new collective agreement that allows progress in improving the working conditions of the workforce.
In statements to the "Cadena Ser", the CGT delegate at Cegelec in Getafe, Borja Romero, has detailed that the main demands of the staff revolve around pay equalization, since there are differences of between 7,000 and 11,000 euros per year between workers who were outsourced three years ago and those who were already part of the company prior to that.
Among the most significant demands are also the updating of wages in line with the actual IPC, an increase in the possibilities for teleworking, and a reduction of annual working hours to 1,730 hours, as well as an extension of vacation days and improved social expenses linked to glasses and dental treatments.
Meanwhile, Airbus recently managed to close the major labor dispute in Spain after ratifying its latest offer with the unions, once approval from the majority of the workforce had been obtained in a referendum held over two days.
That negotiation process was preceded by several protests by workers, which began with mobilizations in the month of July and culminated in an indefinite strike in August, finally suspended a few days later.