The ELA general secretary assures that the FVEM employers “continue to maintain their proposal” and have “very little interest in moving their position”. “We’re on the same page,” he said after yesterday’s meeting.
Euskaraz irakurri: Lakuntzak ziurtatu du “mobilizazoek bakarrik” aldaraziko dutela metalgintzako patronalaren jarrera
The ELA union believes that “only through mobilization” will progress be made in the Bizkaia metal deal and accuses the FVEM employer of “showing no interest in moving its position”. He confirmed it Secretary General of ELA Mitxel Lakuntzainterviewed today Euskadi radio, after the meeting held yesterday by employers and trade unions, cited by the Basque government, as part of the mediation process to unblock the conflict over the provincial agreement. “We are on the same point. Frankly, it will not be ELA that sets expectations. The employers are sticking to their proposal of November 25, they have little interest in changing their position. ELA’s position is to mobilization calendar,” he pointed out.
In this sense, Lakuntza has insisted that “the only thing that will move the employers will be the mobilization calendar”. “However”, he added, in Bizkaia’s metal there is “a single majority not tied to a calendar of protests”.
Asked about the 2022 economic data published by Eustat yesterday – the CAV’s economy grew 4.3% last year – the ELA leader opined that “beyond the uncertainty” last year was “a good year economically in which many companies achieved historic profits”.
After stressing that “companies are earning more than ever,” Lakuntza has called for a tax change. “This is data that can be verified, so it will be necessary to distribute that wealth and improve the conditions of the working class.” According to him, “the hallmark of taxation in this country is that those who have the most pay the least.” In this context, for example, he criticized “the immobilistic position of all councils and the Basque government”.
Finally, he stressed that in the state as a whole “the biggest salary increases” have been achieved in Hego Euskal Herria, where “UGT and CCOO do not have a majority”. “Here we are able to improve agreements through mobilizations”, he has emphasized again.
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