Iberia opens the door to carry out an employment regulation file (ERE) for its staff. Sources from the workers' representation have explained that "minority unions" in the company have requested the possibility of analyzing the departure of personnel on a voluntary basis and that the IAG holding airline has agreed to it.
From Iberia they confirm that they have the commitment to "make a joint analysis between the representatives of the workers and the company" after the signing of the new labor agreements. "In the event that the circumstances arise", they add, they will propose "an ERE that would have to be negotiated and agreed between both parties, voluntary". The possibility of raising an employment regulation file, advanced this Thursday by El Confidencial, will not affect all areas equally "because the organizational needs are different, therefore, it is impossible to set any figure right now," they underline from Iberia. "It is impossible that it could affect all the workers who are 60 years old today," they stressed.
This week, Sepla and Iberia reached a preliminary agreement for the new collective agreement for pilots that supposes a wage increase of 12% in four years and that could reach 15% if an IPC protection clause were activated, according to union sources confirmed .
Specifically, for this year a 6.05% increase has been agreed, with retroactive effect from January 1, with a non-consolidated payment of 1%, while in 2023 it will be 2%, with a non-consolidable supplement which could reach 1.75%.
For 2024 and 2025, the salary increase for the group of pilots, which represents a total of 1,343 people, will be linked to Iberia's results, and Sepla expects to achieve a rise of between 1.75% and 2.5%.
The main novelty of the agreement is the inclusion of a protection clause for the CPI, which, if activated, depending on whether real inflation exceeds the expected rise in the CPI and the airline's economic results, could trigger the salary increase up to 15% in the total of four years.
