Signature of the agreement of the commercial of the metal of Barcelona

After more than a year of negotiations, today 27 March the patronal UPM (Joined Patronal Metal•lúrgica), the territorial and sectorial entities associated to UPM and the federations of FECOHT- CC OO and of FCTCHTJ-UGT, CC OO and UGT have signed the Collective Agreement of the Sector of the Trade of the Metal of the province of Barcelona and that affects to almost 40.000 trabadadores.

The agreement reached the past 7 February after more than a year of hard negotiations between the patronal and the unions. To the start, the demands were very move# away, with the aggravating of the difficult economic situation. Thus, both parts have showed a big responsibility renouncing to many of his exigencias to approach positions and attain the agreement. Like this, they have prioritised the conservation of places of work and the continuity of the companies of the sector.

The sector of the trade of the metal in Barcelona provinicia groups roughly to more than 3.000 companies, with some 40.000 employees and, given the tendency to the commercialisation of the metallurgical sector, the agreement signed is purchasing increasingly importance.

UPM, like patronal metallurgical of the provncia of Barcelona, negotiates with the representatives of the workers the Collective Agreement of the Sector of the Trade of the Metal from 1996.