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Coinciding with the publication today of the latest unemployment data recorded in the Region during the month of February, the Chairman of the Management Committee of UGT Murcia, Antonio Jiménez Sánchez, and the Secretary General of CCOO in Murcia, Valencia Daniel Bueno have appeared at a press conference to inform the next calendar Stewards Assemblies as well as the demonstration planned for Saturday 28 March in Murcia city.
Taking as its backdrop the current crisis, the labor market and working conditions, both trade union leaders have today made public its position is categorically opposed to such measures widely advocated by the employer as a wage freeze, or Records Regulation of Employment (ERE) that, in most cases, are unjustified.
In this sense, Antonio Jiménez explained that the Region of Murcia is facing this time of economic recession "with some very bad and consolidated records of social and labor environment.
Murcia is a region that has a 37% or 40% rate of temporary employment in recent years, ie between 8 and 11 points above the national average, which is a region with low wages, 16 points below the average national and has a cast of bad social labor records registration only 9% of permanent contracts. "
In this situation, Jones expressed the need to restructure the agreements signed with the Regional Government.
Such is the case of the Pact for Stability in Employment, the Strategic Plan of Industrial Development or the Plan, all signed in good times and have now reviewed and adapted in the context of social dialogue.
The UGT and CCOO proposals are clear and conclusive.
First, stop calling for job destruction that is occurring.
"We continue with bad records," said Jimenez, "if in the past month of January 200 workers losing their jobs day in February were 150, that is, these numbers are to be curbed unassumable active policies" .
Second, calling for a review of ERE's so that there is tight control because, in most cases, are unjustified.
So, Jimenez requested the Labour Inspection "to strengthen its provisions for superior tracking."
Similarly, calling the maintenance of wages, with moderate growth to "keep alive the consumer demand and production companies," said Jimenez, "and we believe that the present model Interconfederal Collective Bargaining Agreement is very good. "
Moreover, UGT and CCOO claimed to obtain better social protection for workers who leave the labor market.
It is necessary to improve unemployment benefits of all Murcia and "get the implementation of the Basic Income Inserting the Regional Directors," said Chairman of the Management Committee of UGT Murcia.
So with all these demands, has set a timetable for the Assemblies of Stewards.
The first will take place this afternoon, March 3, in the town of Caravaca de la Cruz, tomorrow, March 4, will take place in Yecla, on 10 March, Cieza, 18 and 23 Lorca, in Cartagena.
As a postscript, the great event will take place on Saturday 28 March in Murcia city.
Is expected to be their starting time at 19:00 hours and leave from the Plaza of the Red Cross, along the Gran Via and reaching the Palacio de San Esteban.
For his part, Secretary General of CCOO in Murcia, Daniel Bueno, was expressed in the same way as its counterpart in UGT, emphasizing the "unjustifiable" proliferation of ERE's and a freeze on the banks of credit both families and businesses, "something that is causing loss of jobs directly because the loans are frozen as hard on companies that are not creditworthy as those that do are, and this puts workers in a difficult situation face the process of collective bargaining in 2009. "
"We will not lose purchasing power for two reasons," he continued Well, "first because the workers have not been the cause of the current economic situation and secondly, because if we help to further freeze the consumption freeze wages, can generate negative consequences. "
In another vein, Good also wanted to go to the Central Government and Regional dismissing as "mere patches" measures for the moment, we have put in place to improve the current situation and at the same time warned of the "need changing the production model. "
Source: UGT
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