Threat of strike at the pumps for July.

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It must be summer, strike threats reported in the DDM here :- Amenaza de huelga en las gasolineras para julio - Diario de Mallorca.

The CCOO and UGT trade unions have threatened strike action stations in service of the country during the month of July, after giving by broken negotiations were underway for the signing of the State Treaty sector. The secretary general of the Federation of Industries of CCOO in Balears, Miguel Sanchez, said that these protests could spread to August if you keep the lack of agreement.
Since the two unions was noted that at the last meeting there was some progress, but noted that the contacts were broken because of the "numantina" of the employer, which is accused of intended freeze wages for six years and modify the concept of seniority. CCOO and UGT demanded wage increases of 0.5% for the first year, 0.6% for the second and 1% for the third, according to Miguel Sanchez.
Meanwhile, the president of the association Balearic stations service, Jesus Salas, denied that the state employer would freeze wages, but limit the rise to 0.5% per year and recalled that the expiration of the previous agreement that the sector can pass regulated by the status of workers. Furthermore, he argued that the breakdown of the negotiations by the unions is not justified given the advances that were occurring.