Post by account_disabled on Feb 28, 2024 1:08:23 GMT -9
At the beginning of the year, the main political forces face the decision of supporting or rejecting the agreement reached by workers and employers in order to improve the regulation of the labor market in Spain. This is a transcendent decision, with very relevant consequences for economic development and workers' rights in the present and in the future, for which responsibility and high-mindedness can be claimed. The labor reform that employers and unions signed, and that was passed into law by the last Council of Ministers, is not just another legal text. Its validation or not in the Congress of Deputies will answer three important questions for our country. One, will parliamentary groups respect the constitutional function of social dialogue or not? Two, on what basis should our economy grow? Precarious jobs or training, research and innovation? And three, what level of quality do we want for our democracy? The function of social dialogue is included in article 7 of the Spanish Constitution, no less than in its Preliminary Title, just after the recognition of Spanish as the official language of the State, the description of our red flag and the declaration of Madrid as capital of the nation.
And immediately before establishing the mission of the Armed Forces as guarantors of the sovereignty and independence of Spain. “Worker unions and business associations contribute to the defense and promotion of the economic and social interests that are their own . ” Such is the literal nature of the article in which our Magna Carta institutionalizes the general interest of Malta Phone Number the activity of unions and employers and, therefore, of the fruit of their agreements. Consequently, it is difficult to understand, and even contradictory, that some political forces that classify themselves as “constitutionalists” are willing to ignore the constitutional legitimacy of social dialogue and express their intention to put their own electoral interests before the general interest that the fruit of such dialogue represents. . The vote that will take place soon in Congress will confront the representatives of the Spanish citizens with another no less dilemma. The Spanish right managed the financial crisis starting in through the strategy of gaining competitiveness by devaluing salaries. Such was the purpose and meaning of the reform of the Workers' Statute imposed by the Rajoy government, with a high social cost.
The reform now promoted through dialogue, negotiation and agreement between employers and workers promotes a different strategy to overcome the current crisis. A fair recovery is now being sought, gaining competitiveness through quality and innovation in production processes, respecting the rights and well-being of workers. It is a reform consistent with other decisions of the Pedro Sánchez government, which reinforce the Welfare State, raise the minimum wage, ensure pensions and establish the minimum vital income. This is the decision too, or do we grow the economy on the basis of inequality or do we grow it on the basis of social justice? And, thirdly, the Plenary Session of Congress will have to decide on the degree of quality it intends for democracy itself. The collective rights of workers form the backbone of the democratic regime. The liberal democracies that were established after the Second Great War rested on a great pact between capital and labor. Betraying those rights is equivalent to undermining the foundations of democratic coexistence. Take into account. This is a great achievement, a consequence of hard and commendable work by workers and businessmen.
And immediately before establishing the mission of the Armed Forces as guarantors of the sovereignty and independence of Spain. “Worker unions and business associations contribute to the defense and promotion of the economic and social interests that are their own . ” Such is the literal nature of the article in which our Magna Carta institutionalizes the general interest of Malta Phone Number the activity of unions and employers and, therefore, of the fruit of their agreements. Consequently, it is difficult to understand, and even contradictory, that some political forces that classify themselves as “constitutionalists” are willing to ignore the constitutional legitimacy of social dialogue and express their intention to put their own electoral interests before the general interest that the fruit of such dialogue represents. . The vote that will take place soon in Congress will confront the representatives of the Spanish citizens with another no less dilemma. The Spanish right managed the financial crisis starting in through the strategy of gaining competitiveness by devaluing salaries. Such was the purpose and meaning of the reform of the Workers' Statute imposed by the Rajoy government, with a high social cost.
The reform now promoted through dialogue, negotiation and agreement between employers and workers promotes a different strategy to overcome the current crisis. A fair recovery is now being sought, gaining competitiveness through quality and innovation in production processes, respecting the rights and well-being of workers. It is a reform consistent with other decisions of the Pedro Sánchez government, which reinforce the Welfare State, raise the minimum wage, ensure pensions and establish the minimum vital income. This is the decision too, or do we grow the economy on the basis of inequality or do we grow it on the basis of social justice? And, thirdly, the Plenary Session of Congress will have to decide on the degree of quality it intends for democracy itself. The collective rights of workers form the backbone of the democratic regime. The liberal democracies that were established after the Second Great War rested on a great pact between capital and labor. Betraying those rights is equivalent to undermining the foundations of democratic coexistence. Take into account. This is a great achievement, a consequence of hard and commendable work by workers and businessmen.