The pre-agreement for the collective bargaining agreement at Dragados Offshore Cádiz has received majority support from workers, with 56% of the votes cast in the consultation held this Wednesday. This outcome allows the document, negotiated between the company and the unions UGT, USO, and CSIF, to be sent to the Extrajudicial System for Labor Conflict Resolution of Andalusia (Sercla) for its final ratification.
930 employees participated in the vote, representing approximately 74% of the total workforce. Of the votes, 526 were in favor of the pre-agreement, while 364 votes were against it. The consultation took place after the company's management and union representatives resumed negotiations this week, leading to the suspension of the planned mobilization schedule, which included two-hour strikes during April and an indefinite strike starting May 4.
“"The approval of the text allows for the resolution of a labor conflict in Bahía de Cádiz and brings stability to the company."
Key measures in the pre-agreement include a salary increase linked to the CPI, with an additional 0.5% increment, and the regulation of bonuses for supervisors and team leaders. It also contemplates the implementation of an intensive workday for technical staff and team leaders. This outcome avoids the uncertainty generated by the possibility of an indefinite strike in one of the main industrial and naval sector companies in the region.
With the majority support for the pre-agreement, the formal ratification phase now begins before Sercla, the Andalusian body responsible for mediating and validating labor agreements. Once this process is completed, the new agreement will come into force, ensuring the continuity of activity without interruptions due to labor conflicts in the short term.
