Unions from various sectors are demanding “urgent” government action to halt the loss of purchasing power of workers and households in the face of escalating inflation
New union demonstration to demand wage increases with inflation, although in this case not by the majority unions, UGT and CC OO, but independently. Several workers’ organizations from different sectors demonstrated in Madrid this Saturday to demand “urgent” measures from the government to halt the loss of purchasing power of workers and families in the face of escalating inflation.
Thousands of protesters -5,000 protesters, according to government delegation figures; According to organizers, 8,000 people marched through the streets of Madrid this afternoon from Puerta del Sol to Plaza del Museo Reina Sofía carrying banners with messages such as “Restore our rights” or “Minimum VAT for basic resources”.
In particular, the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), the Nursing Union Satse, the Education Union ANPE, the Confederation of Cadres and Professionals (CCP), the Independent Trade Union Federation Fetico, the Fasga Federation of Trade Union Associations, the Independent Trade Union Federation of the Financial Sector FINE, the Federation of Independent Teaching Unions (FSIE) and the Free Transport Union (SLT) met this Saturday to support workers and families in restoring their purchasing power.
These independent trade unions started their protests on October 6 with demonstrations across Spain under the slogan ‘Regain buy power, NOW’.
USO general secretary Joaquín Pérez denounced a “very complicated” situation for households and deplored the fact that large corporations, banks or the government boast of “record profits”, calling for “concrete measures” for families. He also sued the labor law, saying it “doesn’t deliver the results it was looking for” in his opinion. “It is a false closed reform and it is apparent from the latest contract data,” added Perez.
For his part, the general secretary of FSIE, Jesús Pueyo, explained that they have decided to take to the streets to demand the restoration of the purchasing power they have lost due to an economic crisis for which, he confirmed, “they do not blame For example, he opposed the government’s measures for “inadequacy” and “encroachment” on the private sector, which “endangered” their jobs: “Our employment is neither good quality nor stable.”
The demands of this union platform go through the unblocking of collective bargaining with the recovery of the wage review clause linked to the CPI and an equivalent increase for public personnel and guaranteeing access to basic services, applying a greatly reduced VAT on basic necessities.
They also demand new labor legislation “that eliminates the most damaging parts of previous labor reforms”, general state budgets that prioritize social spending and a re-evaluation of the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI), the Iprem and pensions; and a more participative and pluralistic law to articulate social dialogue.
The convening unions denounce the fact that workers have lost 13 salary points in less than two years and warn that the signing of open-ended contracts in recent months has not led to a “real” creation of stable employment, as they and contracts of indefinite duration. In addition, they warn that the number of layoffs has increased for several reasons.
According to these nine trade unions, “the actors of the social dialogue”, including the CCOO and the UGT, “are jointly responsible for precarious employment, for Europe’s leading unemployment and for wage devaluation, both in the public and private sectors, with a routine job and far from reality».
Source: La Verdad
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