The Government delays until January of next year the right to contribute for the scholarship holders, a decision already taken but which has been postponed for three months, as requested by the university rectors and with great indignation on the part of the unions. The postponement has been approved in the Council of Ministers this morning.
This norm was included as part of the pension reform, but it provoked the protest of the rectors of the university. To soften its opposition, the Government assumed most of the contribution, 95% of the total. However, the rectors continued to demand more time to adapt, which has now been granted.
For CC.OO. and UGT supposes an “unacceptable breach” of commitments acquired within the social dialogue, and also an “inexplicable cession” to the pressures of academic and educational authorities. In addition, they add that the cost of these measures is negligible. Since the State subsidizes these contributions to 95%, it means contributions of less than 10 euros per month.
The right to quote for non-labor practices has existed in Spain since 2011 for practices that have financial compensation, which has allowed some 80,000 young people to contribute to Social Security during these training periods. Now, the agreement was to extend this right to all non-labor practices, and it had been established on October 1 for it to enter into force. Now it has been pushed back to next year.
For Carlos Bravo, from CC.OO., the Executive’s decision “represents an unacceptable yielding to the pressures of the academic authorities, who unfortunately and lamentably have been trying to avoid this new right for unjustifiable reasons.”
