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There will not be a new collective agreement to cover all 2,900 employees at Bridgestone Hispania, after representatives of works council failed to reach an agreement. After two years of negotiations, the parties reached an impasse and the CCOO trade union, the primary union force within the company, had to settle for signing its own agreement, which can only have a limited scope having not been validated be a majority of the works council. Such a failure for unions to agree is a relatively rare case in Spain. Under the agreement that was reached, employees concerned will have a pay rise of 0.75% for 2016 and 1% for 2017, followed by a 1.25% increase in 2018 and a 1.5% rise in 2019. The text also includes new measures to govern work flexibility over the year. As such, the number of extra working days will be limited to five per year (compared to ten previously), for which employees will receive 100% pay (compared to 20% until now). Meanwhile employees are now limited to working 20 fewer days per year (compared to 24 previously). They will receive 25% pay for the first six days, 50% for the next seven days and, finally, 75% for the last seven days. These advances were viewed by the other trade unions at the company as insufficient, and they refused to sign the agreement. As a result, the deal is only applicable to members of the CCOO union, which has however proposed that the agreement apply to all workers by default, unless individuals expressly refuse. The UGT, the second largest union at the firm, announced that it would consult with members to decide whether or not to join up to the agreement.
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