The innumerable damages and economic stoppage due to the tsunami of water and mud caused by DANA In a good part of the province of Valencia, it worries both the regional employers as well as the majority unions, UGT and CCOO. Valencian social agents have come together to ask for help from affected companies to join in. to the announcement of the central government to allow ERTE due to force majeure with the declaration of a catastrophic area.
After the meeting, the president of the Valencian Business Confederation (CEV), Salvador Navarroassured that it will still take “a lot of time to be aware of the magnitude of the disaster” and asked the administrations “the maximum possible speed and unity of action”. A situation in which he cannot give an estimate of the economic impact yet, although he noted that the employers’ association is already collecting data from companies.
Navarro positively valued theAid for 250 million euros announced by the Consellalthough he noted that it is too early to estimate whether they will be enough. The social agents were also satisfied with the decision of the central government to allow ERTE of force majeure for the forced stops in many companies with the declaration of catastrophic zone and put them into operation as soon as possible.. Along these lines, they demanded more support for both companies and workers who may be unable to work for a while due to this phenomenon.
Ana García, general secretary of CCOO PV, stressed that it is important that the economy does not fall and to do so they have to put exceptional aid by the Generalitat Valenciana and by the central Government. He insisted that the necessary complements be included, how it happened in the pandemicso that workers do not suffer the consequences of seeing their salaries reduced. He has also demanded special aid for self-employed people, for example in productive sectors of the agri-food branch, where the harvest has been lost or warehouses have been flooded.
Navarro also asked that public services be recovered to the extent possible so that “industries and companies can get back to work,” such as those related to transportation.
Meeting with the bank
The Valencian employers’ association has also mobilized to call next Monday a meeting with financial institutionswhich is also expected to be attended by ICO and the Valencian Institute of Finance (IVF) and the guarantor entity AfínSGR to share and study special financial lines for companies, salaried workers and the self-employed.
“Solutions must be found for the commerce sector and many industries,” said the business leader, who recalled that there are many small businesses and companies that have not yet been able to access their facilities.
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