Cementos Alfa Agreement for Mataporquera with wage increases until 2028

The Official Gazette of Cantabria publishes this Tuesday, October 20, in issue number 201, the resolution ordering the registration and publication of the collective agreement of Cementos Alfa, S.A. for its work centers in Mataporquera, effective for the years 2025-2028. The General Directorate of Labor, Social Economy, and Self-Employment, under the Ministry of Industry, Employment, Innovation, and Trade, arranges the registration, deposit, and publication of the text, signed by the negotiating commission on September 22, 2026. The document is identified by the reference CVE-2026-8120 and the agreement code 39000222011982.

The resolution was signed in Santander on October 13, 2026, by the Director General of Labor, Social Economy, and Self-Employment, Jaime Gonzalo Alonso Rozadilla, and is based on Article 90 of the Workers’ Statute and Articles 2 and 8 of Royal Decree 713/2010, of May 28, regarding the registration and deposit of collective agreements, collective labor agreements, and equality plans.

The agreement was signed by the entire negotiating table: on one side, the Works Council, with members from CCOO del Hábitat and UGT FICA; on the other, the company representation. It applies to all personnel at the Mataporquera plant (cement manufacturing, marketing, and dispatch of cement and mortar), excluding levels 1, 2, and 3 of Annex 3 and sales representatives assigned to the mortar and cement plant. The term runs from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028, with automatic termination on the latter date and a commitment to open negotiations for the next agreement two months before expiration.

3% Increases and IPC-Linked Review

Article 10 establishes the annual increases applicable to the professional group salary and other concepts linked to daily remuneration, except those absorbed by the “ad personam” supplement:

• 2025: 3% increase.
• 2026: 3% increase.
• 2027: 2.5% increase.
• 2028: 2.5% increase.

The annual amount of the professional group salary is set, for 2025, 2026, and 2027 respectively, at the following amounts: Group 1, 37,194.56, 40,926.08, and 44,657.60 euros; Group 2, 34,304.96, 37,573.28, and 40,841.60; Group 3, 29,256.96, 31,329.28, and 33,401.60; Group 4, 25,292.00, 26,536.00, and 27,780.00; Group 5, 23,792.32, 25,029.76, and 26,267.20; Group 6, 20,852.64, 21,603.52, and 22,534.00.

The text incorporates a review clause: if by December 31, 2028, the accumulated CPI (IPC) during the term reaches or exceeds 12%, the difference will be reviewed up to a maximum of 1%, applicable from January 1, 2029.

1,672-Hour Workday and 30 Vacation Days

• Working day: 1,672 hours of effective work throughout the duration of the agreement.
• Vacations: 30 calendar days for shift personnel, between May and October; generally, 10 days in May and October and 20 in June, July, August, and September per rotating shift.
• Rest days: 2 days of free choice and 1 day of free disposal, which must be requested before November 30 of each year.
• Night shift bonus: 10 euros per night from June 2026 and during 2027; 15 euros per night in 2028.
• Shift bonus: 2.5 euros per shift from June 2026 and in 2027; 3.5 euros per shift in 2028.
• Per diems: 95.36 euros for a full per diem and 47.70 euros for a half per diem, reviewable every year.
• Overtime: its habitual performance is suppressed and limited to specific cases, such as kiln breakdowns, grinding, quarries, filters or mobile equipment, shipments and expeditions, or unforeseen lack of relief.

Insurance, equality, and joint commission

The life insurance maintains, for permanent staff or those with an eventual contract exceeding one year, capitals of 18,036.36 euros for natural death and total permanent disability, 30,050.61 euros for accidental death, and 45,075.91 euros for death in a traffic accident. The accident insurance sets death by accident, death in a traffic accident, and severe disability at 60,101.21 euros, with the amount for partial permanent disability according to the policy scale.

The joint interpretation and surveillance commission will consist of four members appointed by the company and four by the Works Council, and must meet within a maximum period of 15 days from the request. Discrepancies that are not resolved within it will be submitted to non-judicial conflict resolution systems and, in case of non-application of working conditions, to ORECLA.

The agreement also incorporates the planned set of measures for equality and non-discrimination of LGBTI people, in accordance with RD 1026/2024, with commitments regarding access to employment, classification and promotion, training, inclusive work environments, harassment protocols, and disciplinary regimes. Regarding permits and social benefits, it refers to the current equality plan of Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas and Cementos Alfa.

The text also orders the classification into six professional groups, regulates the subcontracting of cement packaging and quarry work, maintains housing loans, and creates a co-processing payment that replaces the previous sales payment, with brackets based on the substitution ratio achieved.

The publication closes four years of labor framework for the Mataporquera plant, one of the main industrial employers in the Campoo region, and provides certainty to the workforce regarding salaries, working hours, and social conditions until the end of 2028, with a review conditioned on inflation behavior.

Source: Official Gazette of Cantabria, no. 201, October 20, 2026, section 7.3 Statutes and Collective Agreements, page 53502 (official reference: CVE-2026-8120).