During this first meeting, the union leaders continue their tour in San Sebastián in the afternoon, with a meeting with EH Bildu.
He PNV This Monday he asked the secretaries general of CCOO: Unai Sordoand from UGT, Pepe Alvareza “last effort” to reach an agreement with the employers’ association CEOE on the legal shortening of the working day, in an agreement appreciated by the unions given the ‘harmony’ they have seen in the nationalist formation.
The union leaders have started the round contacts announced to the factions to ask them for support for a statutory reduction in working hours, after the employers’ organization refused to sign up to an agreement.
The meeting, held in the morning, was attended by Andoni Ortuza, Aitor Esteban and Joseba Aurrekoetxea on behalf of the PNV, and on behalf of the unions by the secretaries of CCOO and UGT in Euskadi, Loli García and Raúl Arza, respectively.
After this first meeting, the union leaders will continue their tour in San Sebastián in the afternoon with a meeting with the general coordinator of EH BilduArnaldo Otegi and other coalition representatives.
The meeting lasted an hour and a half and the PNV asked the unions for “a last attempt” to do so reach an agreement at the tripartite negotiating table with the government and the CEOE, “so that the text that reaches the Cortes meets enjoy maximum consensus and support“.
The PNV representatives have pledged to “in depth” study any proposal sent to the party, “with the determination” to try to make the improvement of workers’ working conditions compatible with the economic and organizational viability of the companies.
The union leaders, in turn, left the meeting with the Yeltzales satisfied and, according to Sordo, saw “a lot of harmony and willingness in the approach” to the training.
Faced with the Basque party’s request in favor of a tripartite agreement, the unions have shown their willingness to negotiate, but according to Pepe Álvarez, time is running out because the legislature is passing and the confederations want the approval. of the measure it contains.
Unai Sordo agrees that the unions also prefer to reach an agreement, but now, as he said, they do not see this as ‘feasible’ after the rejection of the CEOE and, as he said, ‘ the PNV is aware of that circumstance. .”
According to Álvarez, “the maximum working day, which is 40 hours, has not been reached for more than 41 years” and there are “technological changes that recommend adjustments.” The reduction in working hours up to 37 and a half hoursas they have stated, is “a deeply felt demand” of the workers.
Source: EITB
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