The general secretary of UGT, Pepe Álvarez, regrets the lack of agreement among the left and encourages working for the progress and rights of workers, highlighting the need for a 7% increase in the minimum wage. #UGT #salariomínimo #huelgageneral (translated)
If the elections are on November 29, and the new Congress is constituted on December 23, until a new government is formed we will clearly enter 2027; and to reduce uncertainty for minimum wage recipients, it would be important for us to announce that increase before the year ends. Asked about the possible increase in Spanish Television, the First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, said: “If the elections are on November 29, and the new Congress is constituted on December 23, until a new government is formed we will clearly enter 2027; and to reduce uncertainty for minimum wage recipients, it would be important for us to announce that increase before the year ends.” #SalarioMínimo #Trabajo #Elecciones2027 (translated)
Spain has a challenge, to improve salaries. Díaz referred to the increase in the minimum wage this Thursday during her speech at the CREO Forum, organized by Cinco Días. #SalarioMínimo #Trabajo #Elecciones2027 (translated)
The Spanish Ministry of Labor is preparing a rise in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) of approximately 5% before the elections, while the unions demand an increase of 7% and the employers criticize the political implications of the measure. #SalarioMínimo #Trabajo #Elecciones2027 (translated)
The unions' proposal to increase the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) by 7% for 2027 would affect approximately five million workers, who would remain in the lowest salary bracket because this increase has not been accompanied by a similar growth in other wages. #SalarioMínimo #SMI #TrabajoEspaña (translated)
"It's incredible that the Government has used the power it has in the middle of an election campaign to act in a way that we do not understand," Garamendi stated yesterday. #SMI #SalarioMínimo #Garamendi (translated)
The increase can be approved "even before" the elections, according to the Vice President and Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, or the acting Government could also make the decision after the election day. #SMI #SalarioMínimo #Garamendi (translated)
Antonio Garamendi criticizes the Government for attempting to approve an increase in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) during the electoral campaign, suggesting that this action is incomprehensible and questioning the validity of the experts consulted for the proposal. #SMI #SalarioMínimo #Garamendi (translated)
"Our beloved minister [of Labor, Yolanda Díaz], as you well know, has already called what she refers to as the experts on the minimum wage, because they have never had a job in their lives," Antonio Garamendi has also stated. #SalarioMínimo #CEOE #Sindicatos (translated)
The leader of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, has criticized the government's decision to increase the minimum interprofessional wage during an electoral period, considering it incredible and questioning the competence of the experts advising on this matter. #SalarioMínimo #CEOE #Sindicatos (translated)
I have summoned the committee of experts on the minimum wage [a team made up of academics, government members, and union leaders] to ensure that the minimum wage is equivalent to 60% of the average net salary and that it does not lose purchasing power," Díaz explained. #SalarioMínimo #ViviendaDigna #DesigualdadSocial (translated)
Yolanda Díaz, second vice president of the Government of Spain, urged business leaders to improve salaries, arguing that the effort cannot fall solely on the minimum wage and highlighting the need to address the housing crisis as a source of inequality. #SalarioMínimo #ViviendaDigna #DesigualdadSocial (translated)
The Minister of Social Rights and Consumption, Pablo Bustinduy, warned at the CREO Forum that the growing influence of corporations and the inequality in wealth distribution threaten democracy, urging for tax reform and higher wages. #Oligarquía #Redistribución #SalarioMínimo (translated)
In my opinion, but that will have to be assessed by the state lawyers, that update of pensions in December is perfectly justified, it is of urgent necessity and general interest. In statements to TVE, Carlos Cuerpo referred to the fact that this update is linked to the increase in consumer prices by law since 2021. #Pensiones #SalarioMínimo #Economía (translated)
The Government has announced that, despite being in office, it will raise pensions and the minimum interprofessional wage in 2027, justifying the measures by the need to adapt them to inflation and the general interest. #Pensiones #SalarioMínimo #Economía (translated)
Electodatos stated that the Government would raise pensions and the minimum wage even while in office. https://t.co/qzhvqZl8QT #Gobierno #Pensiones #SalarioMínimo (translated)
EFE News reported that Cuerpo had previously indicated that the Government would raise pensions and the minimum wage even while remaining in office. https://t.co/yreEk2bx24 #Pensiones #SalarioMínimo #Gobierno (translated)
POPTime classified the situation as serious and stated that Flávio Bolsonaro had not yet appeared to vote on the PEC that provides for the end of the 6x1 schedule. According to the publication, he wanted to try to vote alongside it on another PEC that would allow employers to offer salaries below the minimum. https://t.co/6iBvJY0cmR #Bolsonaro #PEC #SalárioMínimo (translated)
Gustavo Petro encouraged Nariño and stated that the mobilization was the first step towards a general strike if a living wage, water, and food for the population were not guaranteed. https://t.co/4Ixn0au2GW #Nariño #HuelgaGeneral #SalarioMínimo (translated)
Gustavo Petro stated that the population had the right to a living wage, water, and food, and urged that they be no longer deprived of those rights. #DerechosHumanos #JusticiaSocial #SalarioMínimo (translated)
