CC OO y UGT reclaman que el salario mínimo suba un 7% en 2027

Secretaries general of the CC OO and UGT unions, Unai Sordo and Pepe Álvarez respectively, have announced on Tuesday that they will demand from the government a 7% increase in the interprofesional minimum wage (SMI) for the following year, raising it above 1,300 euros in 14 paychecks (over 1,500 euros in 12 paychecks). The current minimum wage is 1,221 euros gross per month in 14 paychecks, which is 3.1% more than in 2025.

This increase amounted to a 37 euro monthly rise, resulting from an agreement between the Ministry of Labor and the CC OO and UGT unions. The increase was rejected by the patronage organizations CEOE and Cepyme, like most of the hikes promoted by Díaz since she became minister. The only one that received the support of business organizations was the first, when it was raised in 2020 from 900 to 950 euros.

Since Pedro Sánchez became president of the Executive, the SMI has grown by 66%, from 736 to 1,221 euros. In the same period (up to 2025), prices have grown by 23%, resulting in a gain in the purchasing power of the wage floor of about 40 points. This union demand will be part of the claims in the strike on November 11, which the two central unions, along with the tenants' union and other minority unions, will officially call in the coming days due to the housing crisis.

This strike call will aim to "cover" more than 22 million workers so they can mobilize massively to demand solutions to the problem of access to housing. The strike will also have a labor anchoring: sufficient wage increases to cope with the cost of living.