Port collective agreement for Rota and Chipiona 2025-2027 published.

The Official Bulletin of the Province of Cádiz number 156, of August 14, 2026, publishes the resolution of the Territorial Delegation of the Regional Ministry of Employment, Enterprise and Self-Employment of the Junta de Andalucía by which the collective bargaining agreement for the staff of AUDECA SLU providing services at the ports of Rota and Chipiona (current lot IV of the province of Cádiz) of the Public Agency of Ports of Andalusia is registered and published, effective for 2025-2027. The agreement, identified with code 11102161012026 and file number 11/01/0017/2026, includes annual salary increases, staff subrogation guarantees and a protocol for the protection of LGTBI+ people.

The resolution, signed on February 24, 2026 by the territorial delegate Daniel Sánchez Román, was issued after the text was submitted to the Registry of Collective Bargaining Agreements on January 24, 2026 and its correction was completed on February 20. The agreement, negotiated under Title III of the Workers’ Statute (Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015) between the management of AUDECA SLU and the representation of the workers, is binding on the company awarded the contract and all staff of the centers of the Public Agency of Ports of Andalusia: it enters into force with retroactive effect from January 1, 2025 and extends until December 31, 2027, with tacit renewal for calendar years.

Salary increases and term

Article 3 of the agreement establishes the increases for each year of the term, which will be applied upon the start of service provision by the new contractor:

• 6% of all salary items for 2025.
• 4% of all items for 2026.
• Actual annual CPI for 2027, with updating of the tables until a new agreement is signed.
• Prior equalization of the salary tables, included in Annex I for the periods 01-08-2025 to 30-06-2026 and 01-07-2026 to 31-12-2026.

Subrogation and employment stability

Article 32 regulates the subrogation of staff between the outgoing company and the new contractor, with the aim of guaranteeing employment stability for the workforces, regardless of the service management model. Staff on active duty with a minimum seniority of four months are subrogated; the outgoing company settles untaken vacation days, and the allowances received during the last seven months are consolidated as a personal guarantee with the incoming company. In matters not provided for, an additional provision refers to the state collective agreement for the sanitation and street cleaning sector (BOE no. 258, of October 25, 2024).

Risk prevention, equality and LGTBI+ protocol

Chapter XIV requires the company to adopt an active occupational risk prevention policy, with prevention delegates, an Occupational Health and Safety Committee and annual medical examinations for all staff. The agreement also creates an Equality Commission and an Equality Plan to be negotiated within six months, and develops measures for LGBTI+ people in accordance with Law 4/2023 and Royal Decree 1026/2024, including:

• Protocol for action against harassment and violence towards LGBTI+ people.
• Commission for Addressing Harassment and annual assessment of the protocol.
• Application to all company workplaces, including Rota and Chipiona.
• Classification of discriminatory conduct as serious or very serious misconduct in the disciplinary regime.

The interpretation and monitoring of the agreement correspond to a joint committee based at CC.OO. (Seville), with collective disputes submitted to the SERCLA extrajudicial system. Publication in the official gazette gives publicity and full legal effect to the text, which will safeguard the salaries, employment and social rights of the port staff of lot IV of Cádiz during the transition towards the new service award. For workers in Rota and Chipiona, it means agreed pay increases until 2027 and new tools against discrimination in the port environment.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Cádiz, No. 156, of August 14, 2026, pp. 2-16 (official reference: code 11102161012026, case file 11/01/0017/2026).