Mitxel Lakuntza has assured that there is a “process of impoverishment” of the working class, promoted by the bosses with the “support” of the Basque and Navarrese governments. The union demands and proposes measures to radically change the economic and social model.
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ELA today presented its analysis of the socio-economic situation, and its secretary general, Mitxel Lakuntza, has denounced the “process of impoverishment of the working class that employers are promoting with the support of the Basque and Navarre governments”.
Lakuntza made these statements based on the data in the paper presented by Mikel Noval (responsible for the ALS Studies Office), along with the specific proposals outlined by the head of Social Action, Leire Gallego.
The wage devaluation, as explained, is due to agreements with wage increases well below inflation, which is currently above 10%. The secretary general confirms that the bosses are aiming to reduce the purchasing power of the working class by 7%. “Because on average in all sectors where we negotiate, an increase of only 3% is proposed.” In addition, with nearly 60% of the agreements due for renewal, “it is sufficient for the employers to block the negotiation of the agreements in order to
for that devaluation to take place”.
The union leader has also maintained that “the only measures taken by the Basque and Navarrese governments are those that benefit the interests of the companies, not the working class.”
Lakuntza believes that the rental agreement defended by the lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, “trying to protect corporate profits at the expense of wages”, within a “shared strategy” with the employers and criticized the fact that the salary increase for its Basque officials is 2% (the one who established in the General State Budgets), much lower than the CPI.
The head of the ELA Studies Office, Michael Novapointed out that the Ibex 35 companies “break all records in 2021, with profits of more than 60 billion euros, 64% more than the average of the previous five years, excluding the year of the pandemic , and in in the first half of 2022, they improved their profits by almost 8%”.
The head of social action, Galician Leirehas demanded measures to reverse the impoverishment process and radically change the economic and social model.
“The agreements must guarantee a wage increase equal to the CPI, we must reverse the cuts of 250 to 300 euros per month applied to social benefits, limit the price of electricity, gas and fuel, establish the right to energy as a universal right at a social price, permanently lower the price of public transport and implement a tax reform to impose a minimum effective rate of 25% on profits, with no exceptions,” he demanded.
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