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| His intervention coincided with the signing just 2 hours before the agreement between the Government of Spain and the social agents to prolong the effects of the ERTEs until September 30 | Yesterday, June 25, the last session of the 'Covid-19 Videoconferences' cycle, organized by the PSOE-Cartagena, took place.
Yesterday's webinar was starred yesterday by the UGT Secretary General, Pepe Álvarez, and in which the Secretary General of the UGT Region of Murcia, Antonio Jiménez, also spoke. Pepe Álvarez's intervention took place at 6:00 pm, just 2 hours after the signing of the agreement between the Government of Spain, unions and employers, to extend the validity of the ERTEs until September 30. Pepe Álvarez, in his speech, in addition to explaining the agreed measures, stressed that there are still other important issues to be addressed, such as achieving a great agreement for the public services, taking into account the need for them as has been found and the deficiencies suffered by so many cuts, both in health and in public employment services, for example.
Similarly, a great deal is needed for industry and another for tourism, with quality jobs and decent wages. The leader of the UGT wanted to recognize 'the people who have given their all in this health crisis, such as the workers in the nursing homes, who in many cases for less than 1,000 euros a month have worked 24 hours a day and in very poor conditions.
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'This cannot happen anymore', Álvarez has stated. Álvarez has reiterated the decisive role that the European Union should play, with resources for a labor and social reconstruction of the countries, in the face of criticism for ineffectiveness or its role that is too subdued to the partners in northern Europe, which has generated unacceptable positions from countries like Holland, one of the countries most opposed to the Reconstruction Fund. During the webinar, which lasted for 2 hours, Álvarez highlighted that the majority unions have provided an essential service during this health crisis, during which we served as a 'social protection network' serving tens of thousands of workers who saw with impotence to lose their jobs or enter an ERTE without knowing very well what it could mean.
"It has been amply demonstrated that ERTEs are a good tool to protect employment, allowing companies, economic activity and jobs to hibernate and then reactivate them," he said.
"The latest labor reforms have made it clear that they have been harmful, do not serve to generate more and better jobs and have multiplied precariousness and low wages." In relation to telework, Pepe Álvarez assured that "it cannot suppose a worsening that the face-to-face working day, which must be regulated immediately, with schedules and control systems to guarantee that workers can work and ensure the right to digital disconnect '.
Source: UGT Región de Murcia
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