Players in Spain’s top-flight women’s league will go on strike for the first two rounds of the new season due to a pay dispute.
The existing minimum yearly wage of players in Liga F is €16,000 . In their negotiations with the league, players were asking for a minimum salary of €25,000 this season and €30,000 next season.
During Wednesday’s meeting, Liga F made another proposal – a €20,000 minimum wage, with a promise to review that figure again if this season Liga F generates more than € 8 million in commercial profit, in which case it would rise to €23,000. “It’s important to remember that the current minimum salary since 2019 is 16,000 euros , an amount which by only applying the base rate rise of CPI would rise to 18,554 euros ,” FUTPRO said.
The dispute over salary and employment rights dates back to October 2018, when negotiations first began. In February 2020, a collective agreement was finally signed that satisfied both sides and set the €16,000 minimum wage.
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