The Government’s tendency to act alone and only then seek support has received new criticism. On this occasion, by CC.OO., which has reproached him for both his fondness for omnibus royal decrees and for abandoning social dialogue. If already in December, unions and employers reproached the Executive for not taking social agents into account when making decisions, today Unai Sordo, general secretary of CC.OO., has been even more forceful when warning that “there is no room for swallow them” and that “it cannot be that the political situation leads the Government to stir up problems by devaluing social dialogue”, and end up demanding that the Executive exercise realism, taking into account that this legislature is no longer like the last one and requires more involvement .
The great criticism is the tendency that the union observes in the Government to change what until now was understood as social dialogue, based on a process of consultation and negotiation, to another model that pivots simply on consultation with social agents, “and Sometimes, not even that.” For this reason, CC.OO. will contact UGT to urge by letter the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to call a meeting with social agents to “define the perimeter of social dialogue.” If there is no response, the union will work with the other political groups to introduce amendments to the different regulations and does not even rule out mobilizations.
In a reference to the political situation of the day, Sordo criticized that the Executive resorts to the royal omnibus decree, which “has the enormous risk of scuttling all projects,” because each party pulls from its specific objective and “churras and merinas” are mixed ”.
What triggers the alarm among the unions are actions such as the prevalence of regional agreements over state ones that the Government adopted in December, as compensation to the PNV for its favorable vote for the investiture. An element on which CC.OO. There are not so much disagreements on the substance, as on the way in which it was done, without consulting or informing the social agents who are the ones who have to negotiate these agreements. In addition, they also criticize the approval of the unemployment benefit, which the Government approved practically without consulting the unions and employers. Only a first meeting was held, but from that moment on, the Government acted at its own risk, modifying the structure of collective bargaining without involving social agents.
Another element that the union raised is that the unions play a role in supervising the execution of the recovery plan funds. They are investments considered key to stimulating the economy, as such, they reclaim the role of unions and employers to supervise through tripartite commissions how this money is distributed, and especially how it is executed. “It should be a star measure for the next legislative period,” said Unai Sordo, who has anticipated that it is one of the issues that he will raise to the new Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, with whom he meets this morning. A meeting that is part of the agenda of the minister, who has just taken office, and who today meets with both the general secretaries of the two unions, Unai Sordo of CC.OO. and Pepe Álvarez, from UGT, as with the president of Cepyme, Gerardo Cuerva. Yesterday, Corpus also held a meeting with the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi.
