Pacheco (CCOO) announces strike in autumn if the collective agreement is not unlocked

2023-04-24 18:39:14

The general secretary of Workers Commissions (CC.OO.) in Catalonia, javier pachecohas indicated this Monday, April 24, in Sabadell that “if we are not able to unblock the collective agreement between now and the summer, in autumn we will incorporate mobilizations, strikes and concentrations in the workplace”.

Pacheco has highlighted that we introduce ourselves to may 1 “with a backpack of very important reforms that change the lives of millions of people by guaranteeing income such as pensions and the interprofessional minimum wage that were previously in dispute.”

He has made these statements during the assembly of delegates from CC.OO. of Vallès Occidental and Central Catalonia held in the Auditorium of the Espai Cultura 1859 Fundació Caixa Sabadell in a cycle of conferences that will be held throughout the territory.

The purpose of the talk was to inform the delegates about the agreement of pensions a firm commitment is consolidated for the reconstruction of the social welfare state guaranteeing present and future income.

There has also been talk of the reconstruction of part of the social and labor rights cut in the financial crisis, the ERTO agreements during the pandemic, SMI increases, labor reform, defense of public services, youth emancipation.

Pacheco has attacked the employers, pointing out that “we still have a lot to do, such as blocking the employers in collective bargaining when they are accumulating indecent amounts of profit in the last period of crisis while workers are losing purchasing power because of this blockade“.

In addition to recovering the purchasing power of workers, Pacheco has outlined the importance of “rebuild the welfare state” and has spoken about the municipal and regional elections in various communities on May 28: “They are very important to achieve better packages in social rights.”

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has asked to increase the investment in public education with “6% of the GDP of Catalonia” and also “we consider that 25% of Health be allocated to primary care”.

For his part, Ivan Ramosgeneral secretary of the CCOO of the interregional union of Vallès Occidental and Central Cataloniahas spoken about “the agreement guarantees that there will be decent pensions for all”.