Pedro Luna Antúnez.
World Labour Secretariat PSUC viu.
Since the outbreak with unusual virulence of the economic crisis has been formed within the trade unions a debate about what should be the proposals and measures that will be the catalyst in order to mitigate the serious effects of the existing economic cycle is causing among the English working class. Because without a doubt, the social reality of our labor market is indeed precarious and painful. According to the LFS (Labour Force Survey Active) in the first quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate stood at 17.4% and the number of unemployed reached a historic high of 4,010,700 people, of which 1,500,000 have no economic benefit for unemployment or a minimum subsistence. In parallel, 1,068,000 families have all their members unemployed and about 700,000 families are on the brink of destitution.
words, the crisis is hitting very hard working class and Spain is doing more intense than in the rest of the European Union. This is so because the current crisis, which has a financial origin, has clashed sharply with the structural fragility of the system itself and English economic growth pattern in recent years has been based primarily on real estate speculation and low cost services, thus consolidating a model low productivity, uncompetitive, that creates wealth for all citizens, that creates jobs and creates little precarious nature is (higher rates of temporary and accidents at work, overtime abuse, business fraud in contractual matters and social security, etc.) and that it is ultimately of an economic model built on shaky and insecure work and socially.
is for this reason that one of the demands of trade unions, especially CCOO, not now but for years has been the impetus for a new production model at the heart of a dynamic economy based on industry, the R + D + i in added value and a stable job and quality. It is true that today the change of the production model is still not yet fully understood, among other reasons, because changing the production model is not something that occurs in overnight but requires a gradual process of profound changes in the economy of a country and change of mentality in the same enterprise class, which is Spain's reactionary and autocratic as both source attitude.
Thus, to address the crisis agree more measures of immediately. In this sense, Ramón Górriz , Secretary of the CCOO union action, intervened on 17 June in the Committee on Labor and Immigration of the Congress of Deputies, among other claims made as follows: The causes of the situation we in Spain, lie not in the labor market, and therefore not addressed by labor reforms. CCOO is willing to participate in the debate on the reform of collective bargaining in Spain. A reform that enhances collective bargaining as a tool to ensure safety and flexibility for workers and companies . Indeed, Ramon stated this Górriz very successful which has to be the main antidote to the union battle against the crisis, which is none other than strengthen collective bargaining as the great legal tool available to the working class to improve their working conditions.
course, when we emphasize the idea of \u200b\u200bstrengthening the collective bargaining should not be done under the umbrella of social dialogue on the defensive and somewhat weak. The social dialogue has to start from a clear and unambiguous premises. For example, as pointed out by Ramon Górriz this is not the time for a new labor reform and still less if we glimpse the horizon at the negotiating table a possible lowering of dismissal as demanded by the employer. Also from the trade unions can not take the loss of purchasing power of the working class as an alternative to the crisis and the CEOE also seeks the shelter of the grave economic situation. It is clear that the wage issue does not cause the crisis and therefore can not be the solution to it. Does Seat has been instrumental in the wage freeze for 2009 and 2010 when only represents 7% of the final product and a savings of 5 million euros compared to 240 million euros that the multinational will receive public aid award Q3 Audi model?.
other hand, the public system of social security can not be discussed if what sucks is to reduce employers' contributions to the common fund. Do not forget that now the Labor Reform in 2006, agreed to reduce employers' contributions by 0.5% and unemployment at 0.2% to FOGASA (Wage Guarantee Fund). And it would be unwise to realize further reductions of contributions and earnings affect Social Security so it could build the future and the stability of public pension system.
Accordingly, the purpose is to strengthen collective bargaining, yes, but the road to a social dialogue to establish the foundations of a great pact for job creation and social cohesion. The extension of the provision unemployment for families without coverage, improved income for placement, promotion of social economy policies, reform of the bankruptcy law, tightening legislation for submission and approval of Records of Employment Regulation (ERE's) or the review of the financial system are proposals that have been made from the trade unions (see document union proposals for an agreement for employment and social protection May 20) that place which are the real social needs and that way we can ensure a brighter future and secure for millions of workers of our country.
July 2009.
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