Unions are calling for a strike at H&M stores to coincide with the start of discounting

CC.OO. and UGT called partial suspension and two days of strike at H&M at the end of this month of June, a few days before the start of the discount, due to demand salary improvements for its 4,000 employees in Spain, as announced by both unions in a press release. Namely, two unions are planning partial strikes from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. next year. June 20to which two days of 24-hour strike will be added June 22 and 26.

“The H&M workforce deserves it improvement of working conditions and wages“, pointed out the unions, who stated that, after several months of meetings of the dialogue table in which the social part transferred the existing problems to the company, the company “did not present any solution”, which is why, in the end, these mobilizations were called.

“During these months, we asked the company about the importance replace those people who are on leave or leavewhich in practice means that there are very few staff in the stores, creating an overload of work, which affects the employees who are active and who can no longer support themselves, especially considering the increase in work that comes with the arrival of sales”, the unions pointed out.

Furthermore, after the economic situation caused price increaseThe unions asked the company to improve the wages and working conditions of the workforce, through the creation of incentive systems and that, among other things, the compensatory and absorption clause does not apply. “As in the previous situation after these months, the company did not respond to our demands,” the union points out.