this CC OO Secretary General Unai Sordo, In Alicante this Friday, he made it clear that unions are not willing to let workers bear the brunt of the consequences alone. inflationand a Government compensatory fee for those entering less than 1,000 euros To compensate for the increase in monthly prices.
This was claimed by Sordo at the time it was revealed. State Confederal Youth School that the trade union organization celebrated this weekend in El Campello, accompanied by the secretary general of CC OO-PV, Ana Garcia Alcoholand the head of the Youth Confederation, Adria Junyent.
He is faced with those who demand concessions in his salary in order not to experience so-called victimization. “second round inflation” Unai Sordo denounced that it is companies that “already pass these prices on to the economy as a whole”. Therefore, he referred to the 8.7% CPI data that the INE approved this Thursday. 38% of the sub-sectors that make up the shopping cart already existing on which this calculation is based rises more than 6% “And we’re talking about companies that aren’t energy companies or non-manipulated food companies.”
On the contrary, employer associations representing the same companies “They are blocking wage negotiations”, this, in his view, could only lead to a larger scenario of workers’ conflict and a slowdown in the economy.
Faced with this, he reiterated the proposal of the unions. Increasing salaries by 3.5% this year, 2.5% in 2023 and 2% in 2024, with review items in case of deviations in prices. However, in addition to this, he urged the Government to take action. “profile cannot be made Against the blockade and greed attitude of sectoral organizations,” he said.
Specifically, unions compensatory fee For those earning less than 1000 Euros, this allows them to face higher living costs. Thus, he gave an example that if the effective rate of Corporate Tax, which taxes the earnings of companies, were 15%, a single payment of 300 Euros could be made to 9.5 million people with only one third of the amount to be collected. Spaniards with income below this figure.
Unai Sordo also referred to complaints from employers in the hotel and catering industry and from the countryside. shortage of workers He denied that there was a problem of lack of skilled workers. It’s a very “marginal” problem. “If employers are unable to find workers in some sectors, it is mainly because bad salary conditions What they offer is neither more nor less” condemning the union leader, who urged companies to pay salaries that “allow them to live a decent life or, in the case of coastal areas, pay the rent for an apartment.”
The “patch” of youth rental bonds
Adrià Junyent, the confederal head of CC OO Youth, described the bonus launched by the Government this Friday to help young people pay the rent as a “patch” and denounced that it will barely reach 1% of young people. It can also turn this measure into a “forest” by censoring that applications will be handled “in order of arrival” without considering other income criteria. For this reason, it demanded more effective and structural measures such as limiting the rental price by law.