The first total
stoppage in five years begins at midnight tonight at member bodegas of
Fedejerez if
further negotiations today fail to achieve agreement. Workers say that while
the bodegas have been making increasing profits, they have seen no benefits
from Sherry’s recovery. Sanlúcar is less affected as only Barbadillo and
Delgado Zuleta belong to Fedejerez, while the Asociación de Bodegas Artesanas has
accepted the unions’ demands. Their workers are not striking but these bodegas represent
only 4% of production. The other employees, some 900, are conducting 24 hour
stoppages for the next month while the unions try to get the bodegas to agree
to a deal similar to the one struck with the artisan bodegas in Sanlúcar.
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Fedejerez is the only representative of the big
bodegas, and despite lengthy negotiations on Monday night with the unions and
the labour dispute resolution service (Sercla), agreement could not be reached.
For their part, Fedejerez feels frustrated and says the strike not only harms
the image of Sherry, but is also unnecessary and inopportune. They say the
bodegas are absolutely disposed to flexibility on the two main issues: length
of service payments and lists of casual workers, but the unions are not moving
their position. Fedejerez president, Evaristo Babé, was disappointed to learn
of the strike from the press rather than the unions and feels that this sours
relations.
Antonio Flores,
oenologist at González Byass, has been named best Spanish winemaker of the year at the first edition of the International
Wine Challenge Merchant Awards Spain 2016. His passion, dedication and
professionalism saw him win the best fortified wine award for the Amontillado Cuatro
Palmas. The Tienda Tio Pepe also won an award for the best bodega wine shop in
Spain.
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