Pradales begins this Friday with ELA the round of contacts with the unions and employers

The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, starts this Friday with ELA, the round of contacts with the four most representative unions in Euskadi and with the employers’ association Confebask. With the appointment tomorrow, the Lehendakari will try to establish “a fruitful relationship” with the headquarters led by Mitxel Lakuntza and explore possible collaborations and agreements.

Meeting with ALS, planned from 9.30 am At the Ajuria Enea Palace, the Secretary General of the union, Mitxel Lakuntzaand the Deputy Secretary, Amaia Muñoa.

Mitxel Lakuntza himself said a few days ago that they will attend the meeting to hear what the Lehendakari tells them, but also to hear what the trade union center wants to communicate to them regarding issues such as Osakidetza, housing, health or public services.

The appointment with LAB is on July 22nda meeting attended by the general coordinator of the union, Garbiñe Aranburu, and Xabier Ugartemendia as head of the union’s public services and in which they will convey to Pradales the “urgency” of dignifying public services and improving salaries and, in particular, this union defends the introduction of a minimum wage of 1,600 euros.

That same day he meets with CC. OO. Euskadi, a trade union centre that defends that its message to the new Basque government is to promote policies that reach the citizens and that they count on trade unions and business organisations to prepare them. The union focuses on tackling everything that has to do with public services, not just Osakidetza, and on implementing a new industrial policy.

The agreement with UGT Euskadi has yet to be finalised, although according to sources from this trade union centre it could take place in the last week of August or in the first half of September. The aim of this union is to convey to the Lehendakari the need for a ‘dialogue and listening’ between the parties in order to solve the ‘main problem’ of Euskadi, namely health care, with an ‘improvement of primary care, a reduction of temporary care, compliance with the rules’. already signed agreements on professional careers, the end of subcontracting or the improvement of human resources for mental health care.

The round with social agents It will be concluded on the 24th with the employers’ association Confebaskwhich just this week announced that it will demand that Imanol Pradales strengthen regional competitiveness and accelerate economic growth, and to do so they will demand more incentive taxes that target business activities. To this end, they have already submitted a tax proposal with 15 measures to the Euskadi tax authority.

In addition, they will demand a new industrial policy plan, which is ‘ambitious’ in its objectives and ‘sufficient’ in its support for industry. The Basque employers’ organisation has also insisted that solutions must be found to problems with absenteeism, labour disputes and difficulties in having professionals.

Since his appointment as Lehendakari, Pradales has held several meetings, the first of which was with all the political parties, a round that began on the 11th and ended last Tuesday to explore the possibilities of a pact on the health care system in Euskadi and other matters, such as those related to self-government and the main issues to be addressed in this term of office.

After the conclusion of the meetings with the parties last Tuesday, Pradales, who has repeatedly stated that health will be one of the priorities of his government during this term, continued contacts to explore the possibilities of an agreement on health.

The meetings continued with trade unions and specific professionals in the health sector and last Wednesday they met in particular with the Medical Union of Euskadi (SME) and with the Nurses Union (Satse), while on Thursday they had meetings with professional colleges.