Retail Textile Association Spain to Negotiate First State Collective Agreement in Textile and Footwear Trade Sector

The Retail Textile Association Spain (ART) has communicated to the workers’ representatives (CCOO, UGT, FETICO, ELA, LAB and CIG) its willingness to negotiate the first state collective agreement in the textile and footwear trade sector.

It will be directed to large groups or commercial chains in the textile sector (including textiles and footwear, clothing, other accessory elements and household products) that have a Total physical sales area of ​​more than 3,500 m² at the national levelphysical stores in, at least, three Autonomous Communitieso more than 400 employees.

The objective of ARTE is “to advance with the unions in a stable and homogeneous common framework of labor conditions at the national level that serve as a basis for the sector, respecting existing company agreements,” they say in a statement.

The Retail Textile Association Spain (ARTE) represents the textile trade sector at the national level for the promotion of sectoral approaches in the economic, socio-labor and regulatory fields. The association also promotes the freedom of business and establishment, as well as trade and business hours, market unity and commitments in terms of social and environmental sustainability.

ART It is made up of Inditex (Zara, Pull&Bear, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Stradivarius, Oysho and Zara Home), H&M, Iberian Sports Retail Group (JD, Sport Zone and Sprinter), Kiabi, Mango, Pepco, Primark, and Uniqlo.