CC OO and UGT demand that the minimum wage rise by 7% in 2027

The general secretaries of CC OO, Unai Sordo, and UGT, Pepe Álvarez, announced this Tuesday that they will demand from the Government an increase in the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) of 7% for next year, until it places it above 1,300 euros in 14 payments (more than 1,500 euros in 12 payments).

The current minimum wage is 1,221 euros gross per month in 14 payments, 3.1% more than in 2025. This increase represented an increase of 37 euros per month, the product of an agreement between the Ministry of Labor and the CC OO and UGT unions. That increase was rejected by the employers' associations CEOE and Cepyme, like practically all the increases promoted by Díaz since she has been minister. The only one that did receive the support of business organizations was the first, when it rose in 2020 from 900 to 950 euros. Since Pedro Sánchez has been President of the Executive, the SMI has grown by 66%, from 736 to 1,221 euros. In the same period (until 2025) prices have grown by 23%, which implies a gain in purchasing power of the salary floor of about 40 points.

This union demand will be part of the union demands in the strike on November 11, which both centers, together with the tenants' union and other minority unions, will formally call in the coming days due to the housing crisis. This strike call will be intended to “provide coverage” for more than 22 million workers so that they can mobilize massively to demand solutions to the problem of access to housing. This call will also have a labor anchor: salary increases sufficient to meet the cost of living.