Portuguese Inditex workers strike over alleged non-compliance since 2019
The Trade, Office and Service Workers' Union of Portugal (CESP/CGTP-IN) is accusing the Spanish group of not respecting fundamental labour rights - such as the payment of back pay owed since 2019 and the granting of compensatory rest for work done on Sundays. The organisation called for a strike between 10 am and 1 pm on Saturday, covering all eight of the conglomerate's brands.
The Inditex group has 6,700 workers in Portugal who are demanding compensatory rest and back pay.
The gathering of the company's employees took place in front of the NorteShopping shopping centre, in Senhora da Hora, Greater Porto, with the aim of raising awareness among customers and workers from other companies of this irregularity on the part of Inditex, which has allegedly been going on for six years.
The multinational has also recently considered a long-term incentive plan in cash and shares for members of its management team, including executive directors, and guest workers of the group, with up to a maximum of 750 beneficiaries.
Textile giant Inditex was created in 1985 by Amancio Ortega and his first wife Rosalía Mera and is led by the co-founder's daughter from his second marriage, Marta Ortega Pérez, who has been president of the group since 2022, and CEO Óscar García Maceiras. The business saw growth slow in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year and its net profit in the period from February 1 to April 30 this year was 1,305 million euros, 0.8% more than in the same period in 2024.
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