Moreover 77,000 workers in the province they will see increased his salary later this year Agreement reached between government and unions CC OO and UGT To raise the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI) 1,080 Euros per month, pays 14. The decision of the CEO, the employer, who did not attend the meeting in Madrid this Tuesday and suggested capping the raise to 1,040 euros, got away with it.
After a marathon negotiation day and although the deal was closed by the vice president Yolanda Diaz and the heads of the UGT, pepe alvarezand CCOO, unai is deafbecame the head of government himself, Pedro SanchezAnnouncing the ascension during an appearance in the Senate. a decision that will mean 8% increase in the SMI in force in 2022, which is very close to the 8.5% of the approved increase for pensions and also last year’s average inflation of 8.4% at the national level.
In this way, the Government finally makes its choice. high band, recommended by the expert commission He advocated placing this indicator between 1,046 and 1,082 euros in order to bring it closer to 60% of the national average salary.
According to a report by the CC OO Economy Cabinet, based on the EPA’s salary subsample, The measure will benefit approximately 2,270,000 workers across the country. currently earning less than this figure, approximately 13.7% with particular emphasis on all wage earners WOMAN and youth. This farming and Services These are the sectors that will have the greatest impact.
There are also differences according to society. Therefore, the union estimates that the increase will improve the wages of: 22.4% of workers in Extremadura or 22.2% of Murcians, by comparison Only 6.5% of Navarrese.
in case of Valencian Communitythe incidence is similar to the national one, 13.5% from wage earners. A percentage transferred to the province’s latest membership data, which will mean An improvement for the more than 77,000 Alicante employees.
In this sense, the increase in SMI will not only affect them. workers no longer covered by any contractor, but also now subcategories existing dealsIn some industries. For example, this is the case of thousands of workers who fall into the lowest four categories of the collective bargaining agreement. supermarkets For this 2023, self-services and food retailers in the province providing an annual fee of less than 15,120 euros, which SMI will now additionally remain retroactive from last January 1.
In this sense, the general secretary of CC OO at l’Alacantí-Les Marines, paco garcia“in minimum wage dignity and also family trust and domestic consumptionHe claims it’s something that “the employer is also aware of, even though he doesn’t want to join the contract.”
The UGT secretary at l’Alacantí-Les Marines expresses himself in similar terms: yaissel sanchezEmphasizing that this increase is extremely important for the province of Alicante, Alicante said, “We have below average wagesand it was absolutely necessary to address this increase in a rapidly rising inflation scenario as we have now”.
The second country with the highest increase in SMI in OECD
Head of government Pedro Sánchez inflated the rise and assured that “the struggle to improve the conditions of workers and ensure a more equitable distribution of business profits has only just begun”. In addition, it boasted that Spain is the second most OECD country to have increased its SMI by more than 36% since the current Executive took office.
Source: Informacion
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