Albacete publishes the wine agreement with increases of 3.5% and 3%

The Provincial Delegation of the Ministry of Economy, Business and Employment in Albacete, of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, has registered and ordered the publication of the Collective Agreement for the Wine, Alcohol, Liquor and Cider Industries of the province of Albacete 2026/2027, with agreement code 02000205011981. The text appears in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete number 110, dated September 21, 2026, within the second Section (Regional Administration), with official reference 23.582. The agreement sets salary increases of 3.5% in 2026 and 3% in 2027, and annual working days of 1,780 and 1,776 hours of effective work.

The announcement, signed by the provincial delegate Nicolás Merino Azorí, is adopted under article 90, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Workers’ Statute and article 8.3 of Royal Decree 713/2010, of May 28, on the registration and deposit of collective agreements. The resolution agrees, first, to enroll and register the agreement and, second, to arrange for its publication in the provincial gazette.

The agreement is in effect from January 1, 2026, until December 31, 2027, regardless of the date of publication, and will be automatically extended for annual periods unless expressly denounced by any of the signing parties within sixty days prior to the end of its validity or any of its extensions.

Salary increases and working hours

The tables in Annex I record an increase of 3.5% over the 2025 tables effective from January 1, 2026. If the year-on-year CPI for December 2026 exceeds that 3.5%, an additional maximum increase of 1% will be applied effective from January 1, 2027; the 3% for 2027 will then be applied to the result, with an equivalent review clause if the December 2027 CPI exceeds that percentage, in which case it will be retroactive.

The 2026 salary table sets, among other amounts, 2,029.35 euros for the senior manager, 1,410.92 euros for the general manager of wineries and factories, and 31.42 euros for the laborer. The productivity bonus of 2.29 euros per effective hour, the night shift bonus of 1.76 euros per hour worked between 22:00 and 6:00, and the currency exchange loss allowance of 20.81 euros per month are maintained.

Wineries, cooperatives and distilleries

The territorial scope covers the entire province of Albacete and the functional scope includes the production, aging and export of wines, sparkling wines, carbonated wines, vinegars, vermouths, brandies, holandas, musts and grape derivatives, as well as the manufacture of ciders. Annex II details the affected activity codes, including the distillation of alcoholic beverages (1101), the production of wines (1102) and the wholesale trade of beverages (4634).

Cooperatives that carry out these activities are subject to the agreement regarding all of their salaried employees, including working cooperative members. Management, executive, and high council positions are excluded.

Joint Committee, training and protocols

The text creates a Joint Committee composed of four worker representatives and four employer representatives, located at the headquarters of the Federation of Employers of Albacete, at number 6 Los Empresarios Street, and a Provincial Sectoral Committee for Continuing Education with an identical composition. It also regulates a pool of 80 hours per year for campaigns, with working days of up to 10 hours daily and a cap of 50 per week.

Social improvements include 22 working days of vacation, two extraordinary payments in June and December, fifteen calendar days of leave for marriage or registration of a domestic partnership, and a protocol against harassment and violence against LGBTI people, applicable in companies with more than fifty workers and with resolution deadlines not exceeding thirty working days.

The agreement organizes the labor relations of a strategic sector for the economy of Albacete, where vineyards and cooperatives have a significant weight in rural employment. The new tables and the revision clause linked to the CPI already determine the payrolls of the province’s wineries and distilleries for the next two fiscal years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete, No. 110, September 21, 2026, Second Section. Autonomous Administration, pp. 2-24 (official reference: 23.582).