l’Alacantí and the general secretary of the UGT in the Navy, Yolanda Diazand the head of the union at regional level, ismail saezclaimed this Wednesday in Alicante gains from social dialogue The role of the welfare state in the recovery from the crisis caused by the pandemic in recent years. happened during regional council delegates held at the headquarters of the organization Díaz, for the first time since taking office Yaissel Sánchez was removed from the game.
In this sense, UGE leaders, The 2008 crisis and the different ways in which the crisis caused by the coronavirus was handled They particularly emphasized the benefits to the state of the great agreements reached by the social partners in recent years.
for him, Díaz pulled the data and the radical change that labor reform brought about in Alicante. first four months signed for this year 83,983 permanent contracts. that a number 3.4 times the figure in the same period of 2019, when there are only 24,550.
In this way, the rate of permanent employees in the total number of contracts increased from 12% to 58%. An even higher rate in the most touristic areas, because the percentage of new permanent contracts in the first four months of the year Up to 60% in Marina Baixa and 70% in Marina Alta.
Likewise, Diaz, half board The province has grown from 855 euros to 1,032 euros since 2019, or a 64% increase in the inter-professional minimum wage over the past seven years, also enjoyed by tens of thousands of Alicante residents.
Of course, not everything is positive, for as the trade unionist points out in the chapter on pending tasks, scourge of accident ratehas caused four deaths so far this year.
In the same vein, the general secretary of the UGT-PV, Ismail Saz, reminded of the measures taken during the pandemic process, such as delaynot only did they protect thousands of workers, they also allowed businesses to survive“It facilitated the rapid exit from the crisis.
Therefore, Sáez claimed The value of the welfare state and its validity against tax cut proposals He said he regretted some of the proposals made by many parties competing in the next municipal and regional elections.
Finally, the UGC official highlighted the recent agreement with employers on collective bargaining, which he thinks will allow the burden of inflation caused by the war to be shared.