The Ministry of Labor is bringing employers and unions to the table this Friday with a view to capping the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) increase for 2024, after informing employers that the increase would initially be above 4% if they withdraw from the agreement.
Everything shows that employers proposed a 3 percent increase He will not sign the agreement, implying that he has rejected two of the Government’s demands: bonuses for the agricultural sector and the indexation of public contracts to the SMI.
Second vice president and Minister of Labor Yolanda Díaz welcomes employer turnover and suggested a few days ago on Friday that it would increase SMI’s “very”.
Seeing Labor pressure as a threat, CEOE president Antonio Garamendi consulted with sectors hardest hit by the pandemic this week. 4% increase The minimum wage recommended by the Ministry.
Those most affected are rural or low-wage, labour-intensive sectors such as cleaning and security, which serve the public sector and where existing contracts have not been updated to SMI due to the law. deindexation prevents.
in a context general malaise Among the companies, Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA and vice president of CEOE, said “the CEOE has already made it clear that it will not take part in the deal” because “we will not blackmail” the businessmen. ”
Faced with this, the unions assured that they preferred and were willing to accept a tripartite agreement. Lower increase than originally claimed -5%- for the sake of consensus, but also for greater agility in translating this increase into collective agreements.
If businessmen do not sign the agreementThey warn that they will not accept an increase in SMI below 5%.
Especially the UGT general secretary, Pepe Alvarez, He said he would ask for the SMI, currently €1,080 per month, to be adjusted to €1,135.