Mallorca hotel room cleaners await early retirement news

Mallorca hotel room cleaners want to retire early without cuts to their pensions: Spain’s Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, is due to discuss their union’s request in Palma, Mallorca, on Monday, 9 November. The UGT union says it expects news when Saiz speaks at its Palma headquarters at 11am.

UGT’s services, mobility and consumer federation (FeSMC UGT) submitted the request in July. It also hopes Saiz will report progress on recognising occupational diseases affecting hotel room cleaners. Neither change has been announced.

The event was originally set for 28 October but was postponed after a train accident in Urda. Francina Armengol, president of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, and tourism secretary Rosario Sánchez are also due to speak, alongside UGT officials Omar Rodríguez and José García Relucio.

At 5pm, Saiz is due to meet the Balearic general secretaries of the CCOO and UGT unions, José Luís García and Pedro Homar, at CCOO’s headquarters. CCOO says the unions will raise demands on social protection and workers’ rights.

Topics: Jobs & labour · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com