After eight sessions of negotiations, the Union of Furniture Industries of Bento Gonçalves (Sindmóveis) and the Union of Workers in Construction and Furniture Bento Gonçalves (Sitracom) have completed the Collective Labor Convention in force from February 2012 to January 2013. The document was accompanied by the establishment legal departments of both entities and signed by their presidents, and Katie Scarton Itajiba Soares Lopes last week. The agreed adjustment was 7.8% and 5.62% corresponding to the replacement of the INPC of the period plus a real gain of 2.18%. The legal director of the labor-Sindmóveis, Gilberto Bertarelli, said that negotiations were quite heated. However, after the meetings, the union and the association achieved benefits satisfactory to both the employees and the employers - the most important was the provision of day-care assistance, payment of the 31 th day worked until the fifth day of the month following, the possibility of no bail and extension the clearing bank of hours until April 30, 2013, as well as the delivery of certificates within 72 hours. "In 2011, the Collective of the furniture sector was only finalized in July, after 12 meetings. This time, we reached an agreement very consistent in less time, "says The convention versa, among other determinations on minimum wages and benefits to the worker. The salary category of admission (for trial period of 60 days) is R $ 820.00, beginning on February 1, 2012. The intermediate salary is R $ 850.00 and six months from the company, the employee shall receive R $ 950.00. The agreement also involved a review of salaries between February 2011 and January 2012, getting set readjustment of 7.80% as compensation for the loss of inflation. Workers with wages above R $ 3,800.00 will fix this limit up 7.80% and 5.62% on the excess amount. Other benefits were defined as funeral allowance of 2.5 normative wages, day-care assistance for up to 10% of salary normative category, and the prohibition of unfair dismissal during the 12 months prior to entitlement to early retirement or age. "We consider the agreement satisfactory to both employers and employees", says the president of Sindmóveis, Catia Scarton.