Nordex Energy Spain (NES)the manufacturer of wind turbines based in Barassoainlives a week under high tension. The company, which was previously Activate wind energy and joins the German group Nordex In 2016, she faced a labor dispute after several months of failed negotiations with unions.
With a model of 1,200 workers in Navarre, more than 50 in Madrid and 25 in CastellónNES is going through a period of discontent among its employees. He company agreement signed in 2020 expired at the end of 2022, and despite the fact that the Navarre Works Councilcomposed of representatives of ELA, UGT, CCOO And LABORATORYformally requested the negotiation of a new agreement, it was not until October 2023 that the process began.
Today, after 21 meetingsnegotiations continue stagnant due to the company’s approaches, which the unions describe as unaffordable. Among the main demands, the unions indicated the following:
- Salary increases below the increase of CPI.
- THE variable annual salary by objectives, what we find under threat of suppression.
- Precarious conditions for the staff of Production in the plant Barassoainespecially after six o’clock ERTE over the past 13 years.
- Negative to consolidate the telework in a way irrevocablealthough it has been implemented for four years.
- Failure to comply with the law as for the time record and the overtime paydespite complaints filed with the Labor inspection.
- THE compulsory accommodation sharing when moving workers wind farm.
All this happens in one year save for him Nordex Groupwho reached the best EBITDA results (189 million euros, at the end of the third quarter 2024) and net profitsunprecedented since their merger in 2016. On the other hand, two years earlier, EBITDA had been -244 million euros.
Meanwhile, the Nordex Spain address increased their salaries on average by 74% in 2023, which brought the average salary of the working population to €55,000. This figure even exceeds the highest salary of the salary scales, which increased by 6.25% in a year in which there was no collective increase due to the expiration of the ‘agreement.
Before the lack of progress In the negotiations, the Works council Nordex Spain Navarre called for strikes and concentrations in the various centers of the company in Navarre of the From Monday 25 to Thursday 28 November. The workers hope that this demonstration will force the company to reconsider its positions and offer working conditions worthy for your model.
