The Secretary of State for Labor and Social Economy, Joaquin Perez Kinghas announced that, as a result of the DANA, the meeting scheduled for this Monday with employers and unions has been cancelled, in which the dispute was foreseeably going to be settled. negotiation to reduce working day.
“We have decided suspend the meeting because now all our efforts, those of the Government, those of the Ministry, but also those of the social partners are focused on saving the situation that has occurred in Valencia“.
“That’s ours priority and anything other than focusing on helping the workers and companies of Valencia does not fit into our agenda,” Pérez said in an interview with RNE this Sunday.
Also asked about the rejection of the CEOE to the agreement proposal presented by the Government on the reduction of working hours, has denounced that the employers’ association “is not adequately representing the interests of the companies in this country, but rather is playing politics.”
In his opinion, his veto “is more ideological than real.”
Joaquín Pérez: “It is a shame that [la patronal] is not in the agreement”
“It is a shame that they are not in the agreement,” said Pérez, who has invited the CEOE to reconsider its refusal and participate in the closing of an agreement that he described as “decisive to gain well-being in the labor market”.
“If they do not want to be left out of what is going to be one of the labor reforms most important of our history, I believe that they should truly defend the interests of companies and abandon political ideological positions,” Pérez told the CEOE.
In this regard, the secretary of CCOO, Unai Sordoexplained this Sunday that, despite the suspension of the meeting with the Ministry of Labor, both unions -CCOO and UGT- They maintain the meetings scheduled for tomorrow, with the president of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar; and with the general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegiin Bilbao and Donostia, respectively, also on the same issue.
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