The Xunta registers the waste collection agreement of O Porriño

The Territorial Directorate of Pontevedra of the Ministry of Employment, Trade and Emigration has ordered the registration and publication of the collective agreement of the company Servicios dos Concellos Galegos, S.L.U. for the personnel assigned to the waste collection services of the City Council of O Porriño. The resolution, signed in Vigo on September 25, 2026, by the territorial director José Antonio Rodríguez Fachado, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, number 192, under the agreement code 36105571012026.

The text reaches the provincial gazette after the request for registration submitted by the company, domiciled in the province, was received by the Territorial Department of Pontevedra on July 17, 2026. The labor authority applies article 90.3 of the Recast Text of the Law of the Workers’ Statute, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, and article 8.3 of Royal Decree 713/2010, regarding the registration and deposit of agreements, collective agreements and equality plans, and considers the department competent by virtue of Decree 49/2024 and Decree 147/2024. No infringement of current legality nor stipulations to the detriment of third parties are observed in the agreement.

The agreement was signed by the social representation, consisting of the personnel delegate of the CIG, and the company representatives, who mutually recognize the legitimacy to subscribe to a text of a statutory nature. Its functional scope covers the collection of MSW (municipal solid waste), plastic, cardboard, glass, bulky items, pruning, uncontrolled dumps, and clean points.

Four years of validity and reduced working hours

The duration of the agreement is four years: from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2029, with an entry into force effective from January 1, 2026. The text shall be considered automatically denounced six months before expiration and will continue to be applied until the signing of the agreement that replaces it.

The weekly working day is progressively reduced during its validity:

• 2026: 40 weekly hours.
• 2027: 39 weekly hours.
• 2028: 38 weekly hours.
• 2029: 37.5 weekly hours.

The rest between shifts shall be a minimum of 12 hours and the weekly rest 36 consecutive hours; in continuous shifts exceeding six hours, there will be 20 paid minutes for a snack. Personnel shall enjoy 30 calendar days of vacation, 15 of which between June 15 and September 15.

Salary increases and supplements

The attached salary tables include the following monthly base salaries:

• 2026 (January to April): 1,096.56 euros for all categories.
• 2026 (May to December): 1,210.90 euros for driver, first-class official, mechanic and administrative personnel; 1,139.15 euros for laborer.
• 2027: 1,265.39 euros and 1,179.02 euros, respectively.
• 2028: 1,328.66 euros and 1,237.97 euros.
• 2029: 1,421.66 euros and 1,324.63 euros.

The agreed increases are 2.9% in 2026 (January-April), 3% for laborers and 3.5% for the rest of the categories in 2026 (May-December), 3.5% and 4.5% in 2027, 5% in 2028, and 7% in 2029. Starting in May 2026, the toxic, arduous, and dangerous bonus is homogenized at 20% of the base salary, while night shifts (between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.) will be paid at 25%. The seniority supplement consists of a triennium of 5% of the base salary, the first payment of which will occur on January 1, 2029.

Work on Sundays and holidays is compensated with a day of rest and the following amounts:

• 2026 (January-April): 134.54 euros for drivers and 92.52 euros for laborers.
• 2026 (May-December): 135.33 and 92.60 euros.
• 2027: 141.42 and 95.84 euros.
• 2028: 148.49 and 100.63 euros.
• 2029: 158.88 and 107.67 euros.

Permits, security and equality

The text includes 16 calendar days of leave for marriage, two days for the birth or death of a child (four if travel is required), five working days for serious illness or hospitalization of relatives up to the second degree, and one day for personal matters per quarter. The suspension of the contract for the birth and care of a minor sets 19 weeks for each parent and 32 weeks in cases of single parenthood.

The company will cover, through a collective accident insurance, an indemnity of 25,000 euros in case of death due to a work accident or professional illness, and will supplement up to 100% of the salary in cases of temporary disability. A family allowance of 50.15 euros per month per dependent person with a disability and an advance fund of 10,000 euros are also established. November 3, San Martín de Porres, will be considered a holiday.

Joint Commission and salary guarantee

The Joint Commission for interpretation and surveillance will be constituted within a maximum period of 10 days from the signing, with its address at Alcalde Segundo Pampillón, 20, Sanguiñeda, 36419 Mos, and will meet within 72 hours following the call. Discrepancies will be submitted to the Galician interprofessional agreement on extrajudicial procedures for the resolution of collective labor conflicts (AGA).

The agreement includes a salary guarantee clause: if the sum of the actual CPI during the years of validity exceeds the 18.5% forecast for laborers or 20% for drivers, mechanics, and administrative staff, the difference will be paid in a table update in January 2030. An administrative appeal may be filed against the resolution before the General Secretariat of Employment and Labor Relations within one month.

Publication in the BOPPO provides publicity and legal effectiveness to an agreement that directly affects the personnel providing the waste collection service in O Porriño, with a four-year roadmap that combines salary increases, reduction of working hours, and social improvements.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 192, October 6, 2026, Xunta de Galicia, Department of Employment, Trade and Emigration (official reference: 2026071321).