Unions call off the CND and National Ballet strikes but warn that they will resume them if there are no “results”

The union organizations CCOO, UGT and CSIF have strikes of artistic staff are called off of the National Dance Company and the National Ballet of Spain, after a meeting with the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), but they warn that If in September there are no “results”, the mobilizations will resume.

This is what CSIF sources have explained to Europa Press who have evaluated the meeting with the Secretary General of the INAEM, Benjamín Marco Valero, in a “positive” way; and the Deputy Director General of Personnel of the INAEM, Marina Albinyana.

The strikes were scheduled for the next July 11, 17 and 22, coinciding with the performances scheduled at the Teatro de la Zarzuela.

Thus, the call affected the entire artistic staff of both companies, a total of 131 workers. “It responds to the failure to comply with the main commitments acquired by the Ministry of Culture after the call for the December 2025 strikes,” the unions warned.

In fact, in a statement they recalled that last December they suspended the mobilizations scheduled after the “commitments assumed” by Culturebut they explained that after several months the main demand, consisting of salary equalization with the artistic staff of the National Orchestra of Spain, has been finally discarded so they return to the call.

“As an alternative, the Administration has proposed the creation of a productivity supplement for this group. However, to date its economic amount has not been specified nor have any firm commitments on its approvalfinancing and implementation”, they added.

Likewise, they explained that there has not been “materialized” the commitment to “promote the improvement of the professional classification system of artistic personnel of both companies.”