Joan Laporta He described all the work irregularities that Prensa Ibérica’s El Periódico de Cataluña condemned regarding the work carried out at Camp Nou as merely “incidents”. In an interview with Rac1, President of Barça He harshly attacked the information that this newspaper began to publish after a five-month investigation.
Criticizing the Barça president in an angry tone, targeting not only the newspaper but also the editorial group Prensa Ibérica, the Barça president said: “We went through five labor inspections and they only encountered two incidents. What they did is very strange.” . He feels like the victim of a campaign.
El Periódico reveals the plight of workers who work more than ten hours every day, Monday through Saturday, for a salary of just over 1,000 euros a month in most cases, below the construction contract and below the hourly wage. Minimum wage. According to dozens of statements collected, this is “labor exploitation”. Some of the workers interviewed felt enslaved.
But he was left with two events, as Laporta noted in a morning interview to try to clear the abrasive atmosphere that had built up on the institution, both in sports and corporate matters. “The incidents they found are imitations of a Pakistani worker and a worker living in Manresa and sleeping around the hotel. stadium. These are two irrelevant situations compared to the magnitude of the job and they have already been corrected. This is very strange and unconvincing. “When you look at the headline, which is completely sensational, and then the content of the news… Barça complies with the rules,” he assured.
“I think they have an ideological a priori from above. They make up excuses that they want things to go wrong in this project for the club, the city and the country.
And he continued his barrage. “I’m talking about the issue coming from a leadership because of a political issue, not sports journalism.” Laporta believes there is intentionality in the criticism. “There is a prioritization. They have been against it from the beginning. They are spreading terror through this project, which is the most institutionally important project in the club’s history.” Spree of persecution against Espai Barça”.
defending Limak
In this sense, Laporta defended the controversial hiring of the Turkish company Limak Undertake the reform of the Estadi. “We decided on a Turkish company. Goldman Sachs He told me they were very compatible. We imposed very harsh conditions, the Spanish companies did not accept them, it is up to them. “I don’t know if they are behind El Periódico at the moment, but I must say that this newspaper’s position towards Espai Barça is shameful.”
This newspaper reported that many workers admitted that their superiors’ attitude had changed after the complaints. Some feel more watched and controlled, while others perceive that they are treated more gently. “This gives the impression that they are tense and nervous,” many agree.
He also detailed that the Generalitat’s Labor Inspectorate had so far detected irregularities or fraud in twenty of approximately 45 subcontractors involved in the construction of Camp Nou, thus proving the abuses uncovered in November. Specifically, subcontractors are not paying the corresponding amount to their workers or Social Security, so the audit demands that they pay the outstanding money to the employees.