A Supreme Court ruling dated April 28 recognizes the right of nearly 300 early retirees Navantia in Cartagena to increase their salaries since February 2013 by 3.2 percent (2012 2.9 CPI and 0.3 2013).
This court decision will each prejubilado an amount around 700 per year for the entire time they are in such early retirement.
The decision also indicates that the company's decision to freeze salaries for this group from said 2013 violates the right to the appreciation of the CPI during the pre-retirement and calls into question the Law 17/2012 enacted by the Minister Montoro in which froze salaries to civil servants and public workers.
The judges reiterated its view that the commitments made in the layoff in which remuneration is regulated must be met, ensuring the annual increase in the CPI.
Apart from this annual rise of about 60 per month, early retirees should perceive for the years 2013 and 2014 amounts and the months of the year, which will have to receive an average of about 1,700 euros.
Workers who have reached the final retirement during this period were recalculated the amounts paid by the percentage wage increase referral.
The ruling comes after a process of information and individual claims of all those affected that was coordinated by José Luis Romero Jodar mayoral candidate to win composed Cartagena -the United Left-Greens and Socialists for Cartagena, where coalition It was his last collaboration with CC.OO union before final retirement and joining tasks IU-Greens.
Said Jose Luis Romero stressed that this statement is "a recognition that what is agreed through collective bargaining can not be changed arbitrarily and unilaterally, which is a basic principle of labor rights".
Similarly, Romero noted the importance to the local economy is the fact that such an important group see their salaries increased.
Source: IU-verdes Cartagena