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The councilor proposes that a minimum price, which coincides with the costs of personnel, should be set for the tender, so that bids presented below it are automatically excluded

The Socialist Municipal Group has expressed its concern about the negotiation of the new contract for the cleaning of buildings and municipal buildings of the City of Murcia, which will be tendered shortly and could be awarded to the lowest or cheapest offer, so it can Directly affect the salary of employees.

In this regard, Socialist Councilor Susana Hernández states that "the budget of a contract of this type is almost exclusively the salary of workers, so betting on the cheapest offer could directly affect the payroll," adding that "no We can go below the cost of the service, since we run the risk of workers ending up not charging or seeing their labor rights diminished. "

Therefore, the councilor, after meeting with representatives of UGT, with whom she shares her fear of the new service tender, has wanted to make some contributions in order to avoid "extreme situations and sadly experienced as the Home Help, whose Workers are owed eight payrolls. "

In this sense, he states that "it is imperative that we put in place mechanisms that ensure both the provision of a quality service and the fulfillment of workers' rights, so it is necessary to put a minimum price equal to a maximum price So that it is clear that below that ceiling the bids submitted will be automatically excluded.

For Hernández, this minimum price must guarantee the salaries of all workers who would render the service object of the contract with seniority of each one of them and complying with the collective agreement, precisely signed this last week, with retroactive effect to January 1, 2017. It adds that the social security expenses and any legal expenses that an employee must carry and that ensures the correct provision of the service must be included.

Likewise, the councilor recalls the need to introduce social clauses in this type of contract and to be valued companies that have good practices or formally commit themselves to them.

Susana Hernández has sent a communication to the Council of Government responsible for the service contract for the cleaning of buildings and municipal buildings in which it raises this concern and in which shows its willingness to send specific proposals "so that workers Do not take a step back in their labor rights and the City Council avoid serious problems with contracts and companies that do not meet the objectives nor respect the employees.

Source: PSOE Murcia