The second vice-president and Minister of Labor and Economy of the Government, Yolanda Díazhas assured that she will will implement the 37.5-hour working week “before the end of next year”.despite the employers’ opposition.
In an interview published this Sunday by El Correo, the leader of Sumar has criticized that the CEOE is paying attention to “another type of reasons that have nothing to do with the defense of the companies” and has reproached its president, Antonio Garamendito have a look “more to politics and to a specific party that is not even the Popular Party“. “Because I know that the PP is sensitive to this measure,” he said.
Despite this, he has acknowledged having “a magnificent relationship” with Garamendi and with the CEOE as a whole, but has insisted that there are positions in which they disagree. In this sense, Díaz has criticized that Garamendi has been making some in his opinion “improper” statements from him”. “I would like to see Mr. Garamendi who saved companies, who saved lives, who saved workers, who understood what was happening, who said that a ‘rider’ is not an entrepreneur,” he said.
New minimum wage for 2025
The vice-president also spoke about the new minimum wage by 2025. He announced that the commission of experts will be constituted before December and that they will be the ones to determine what the percentage of the revision increase will be. In this sense, he indicated that Spain is a country “that has very moderate salaries” and that the salary improvement is a measure “of economic efficiency”.
On the other hand, regarding the PP’s blocking of the appointment of the current third vice-president and minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Riberaas European commissioner, has said that the Popular Party, “whenever they have to choose between Spain and her party, choose your party“. “And this is very serious. The message they are giving is one of breaking the institutionality of the Europeans,” he has warned.
Asked about the case ErrejónDíaz has insisted that he had no knowledge of the alleged aggressions sexual assaults committed by the former Sumar spokesman when appointing him to the post. “I am a very tough and very strict woman. And I believe, moreover, that no one knew the circumstances we are talking about,” she has asserted.