A delegation of crane operators, accompanied by the general secretary of CCOO de Córdoba and the secretary of Union Action for the Habitat Union of CCOO de Córdoba, met with the Government delegate and the delegates for Public Works and Employment of the Junta in Córdoba. During the meeting, they outlined the origin and development of the conflict, which centers on the demand for a salary improvement for the collective.
“"This conflict could be the seed of a larger conflict that extends to other construction sectors when what they are asking for is fair, because crane operators have civil and criminal liability that other construction workers do not."
In the last meeting between the employers' association and the workers, facilitated by the Andalusian Center for Labor Relations (CARL), positions were brought closer. However, despite the crane operators significantly lowering their initial demands, the employers' association remains firm, prolonging the conflict over a difference of only nine euros in the proposed salary increase.
Union representatives emphasized that the requested salary increase would not represent a significant detriment to companies. They argue that in projects costing millions of euros, an increase of 27 euros is a minimal amount, and they find it incomprehensible that the employers' association complains about losses due to work stoppages, which far exceed the cost of the salary improvement for the approximately 60 affected workers.
For their part, both the Government delegate and the delegates for Public Works and Employment committed to contacting the construction employers' association and mediating to reach an agreement that would finally end the dispute.
