The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, attended the opening of the XIII Congress of Obreras-PV Commissions where she highlighted “the union commitment as a meeting point. The lever between prosperity and social justice.”
In Europe, I said, “the ultra threat resurfaces”. A threat that “does not catch us from afar” because “we have examples of attacks that they want to transform with threats of 30% of the subsidies or climate negationism in the land that has suffered the most.” Faced with all of this, said the delegate, is the general secretary of CCOO-PV, Ana García, of which she has said that “he will roll up his sleeves, put on his boots if necessary and will be one of the main allies of the workers of this community in these times”.
In addition, the workers also have “a powerful tool: the effective policy of the Government of Spain, with a social perspective, with laws that leave no one behind”.
In this regard, he recalled that “thanks to the labor reform of the Government of Spain, the labor market has been transformed.” In the Valencian Community, there are 352,442 people affiliated more to Social Security than in 2018 and indefinite contracts have tripled. In addition, “the government has shown that raising the interprofessional minimum wage—60.9% since 2018—is compatible with breaking employment records.” Today, added the delegate, “306,400 people in our land, mostly women, benefit from that increase.” And now “we reduce the working day to 37.5 hours a week, improving the lives of 1.4 million workers without renouncing competitiveness”. The Government has also responded “strongly to DANA. It has promoted an employment plan of 50 million euros for the affected municipalities, has activated a working group with the social agents, has rewarded the ERTE to 100% and has specially protected domestic workers with pioneering measures.” In short, Barnabas said, it is about moving forward “with rights, with cohesion and with dignity.”