Approximately 1,500 individuals, as per the organising trade unions, took to the streets of Playa de Las Américas yesterday to advocate for the “initiation of negotiations” concerning the hospitality agreement, aiming to “communicate salary and employment improvements following the substantial profits amassed by the tourism sector.”
The rally, endorsed by the Canarian Trade Union Federation (FSC), Workers’ Commissions (CC.OO.), Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), and Intersindical Canaria (IC), called for various measures to benefit workers in the sector, centring around a salary assessment for 2025 “in accordance with the significant profits” enjoyed by hotel firms in recent years.
In this context, participants of yesterday’s demonstration insisted on the need for “fair wages” to make this job sector “financially appealing” and to address the rising housing costs across the Archipelago.
Moreover, the participating trade unions urged for initiatives aimed at diminishing workloads “across all departments” and emphasised the subsequent surge in absenteeism due to temporary disability, particularly among housekeeping staff.
They also called upon companies to allocate a portion of their profits towards occupational risk prevention, “not to be viewed as an additional expense” and insisted that hotel firms replace instances of temporary disability.
Two additional issues propelled yesterday’s demonstration in Playa de Las Américas: the demand for continuous working hours across all departments, regarded as an “absolutely essential” measure for balancing work and family life (thereby eliminating split shifts), and the requirement for companies to provide shared transportation to mitigate travel expenses to work locations and help “alleviate traffic congestion and pollution.”
