Montero promises that the Executive will do “everything on his part” to enable an agreement that, however, will not see the light of day in the best case scenario until after the summer
The government will do “everything on its part” to enable an income pact, which, however, is dependent on a wage agreement between unions and employers and will not see the light of day until after the summer, falling to the best of its ability. This is how the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, dropped it, a day after the government met the social agents for the second time to engage in a debate that is “complex”, as she herself acknowledged, for which she asked for “discretion”, “prudence” and “time”.
After unions and employers criticized the Executive for coming back to the table without any proposal to advance this income pact, Montero also avoided talking about specific measures, even avoiding answering if they planned to include pensions and civil servant salaries – as both the CEOE and the Bank of Spain reaffirmed this Thursday, but she did express her “willingness” to “contribute with her skills and issues that are transcendental” so that she sees the light.
He did make it clear that there will be no income agreement if unions and employers do not come to a salary agreement that is now excluded for this year because of the wage guarantee clauses that the UGT and CC OO demand and reject flat businessmen. “It is an essential part, there must be an agreement between unions and employers. When that element is crystal clear, we will have the capacity to contribute other issues so that it flows,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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