Yesterday's celebration of Might Day was marked by a direct risk from the bulk unions, the UGT and CC.
Yesterday's celebration of Might Day was marked by a direct risk from the bulk unions, the UGT and CC.OO., in the direction of the CEOE employer to extend salaries as a part of collective bargaining. If this isn't the case, they foresee strikes. Within the mobilizations, there was hardly any criticism of the work of the central authorities, after having agreed on the labor reform, the pension reform or the will increase within the SMI, in different phrases, all of the assaults had been centered on employers.
The shortage of reprimands to the Government – which despatched 4 ministers to the demonstration in Madrid, one to Barcelona and one other to Puertollano – arrange an atypical Might Day in comparison with what was standard. Minutes earlier than heading the primary banner that paraded alongside Gran By way of within the Madrid capital, underneath the slogan "Elevate wages, decrease costs and distribute earnings", the chief of CC.OO, Unai Sordo, warned that "if not if an settlement is reached in a really quick time period, we are going to name mobilizations in all sectors wherein the desk of collective agreements is open and we are going to go on strike". Subsequent to him, the chief of the UGT, Pepe Álvarez, left on the roof of the employer the duty of closing the Fifth Settlement for Employment and Collective Bargaining (AENC), frozen since final 12 months, and that it ought to be a information on how a lot wages ought to be raised. "You understand how the mobilizations begin, however not how they finish", he assured, dropping the nice battle that has been unleashed in France in opposition to the insurance policies of the Macron Authorities. "We wish transparency, to know the place the earnings are going and to know who's taking them when they're ripe," claimed Álvarez.
The supposed excessive enterprise earnings had been additionally the protagonists of the principle interventions of all of the ministers. "It's important to lift wages. The slogan is extra acceptable than ever", assured the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz. In his speech he defined that the typical wage in Spain is 21,000 euros. "You can not reside with dignity on this wage, whereas the enterprise earnings are completely insufferable", he lamented. The vice-president went one step additional and identified the upcoming targets. "We wish extra free time to reside with dignity and cut back the working day with out decreasing the wage".
In the identical vein, María Jesús Montero, Minister of Finance, emphasised the necessity to "socialize" the "file earnings of some enterprise sectors". The Minister of Commerce, Alberto Garzón, additionally charged in opposition to employers and after describing their advantages as "abusive" requested for "a change of paradigm". Based on the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, "we can not finish the legislature with two pending points as necessary for households and employees as limiting mortgages and meals costs".
In Barcelona Miquel Iceta, Minister of Tradition, participated within the demonstration, whereas Isabel Rodríguez, Minister of Territorial Coverage, in Puertollano stated that "we're on the finish of a legislature wherein progress has been made like by no means earlier than in rights and in freedoms for employees",
Unions additionally put duties on politicians. Unai Sordo requested to lift company tax if there isn't any settlement, and Álvarez reminded SMEs and the self-employed that also they are affected. "Giant corporations are a part of the exploitation chain. It's the huge firms that hold the revenue from the large contracts and lower a lot from the SMEs that it's tough for them to even pay their salaries", identified Álvarez.
From Barcelona the tone was the identical, with criticism of employers however not of the Spanish Authorities, aside from some feedback on the "inadequate" housing regulation. Javier Pacheco (CC.OO) and Camil Ros (UGT) took the chance to level out that mobilization typically pays off, as within the agreements reached with the Authorities. "We have to share the wealth with the collective agreements", stated Pacheco. "It is a Might Day wherein it's demonstrated that class unionism works", identified Ros.
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