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LAB has described as "scandal" the Government's rejection of its own minimum wage proposal
On the other hand, the ELA union has asked the Basque Government to change its position so that it can "once and for all defend self-government and public services".
The PNV defends its own SMI for the Basque Country and calls on trade unions and employers to negotiate
Jeltzales are calling for an increase in competences and for an interprofessional minimum wage of their own so that the amounts currently set can be improved.
The pay gap in the Basque Country remains large, although it falls to 9%
It should be recalled that the INE placed the wage gap between men and women at 12.81% in 2023.
Pensioners demonstrate in the Basque capitals to demand the equalization of minimum pensions with the SMI
Hundreds of people in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Donostia-San Sebastián have joined the demonstrations called by the Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement to press for Thursday's parliamentary vote to demand that minimum pensions be equalised with the Minimum Wage (SMI).
Pensioners rally to demand equal pensions with SMI
In the meantime, the Basque Government has argued that this request could jeopardise the sustainability of public finances.
Summer has started the political course demanding his own SMI and more public housing in the face of an "exhausted model."
Secretary General Alba Garcia has made several proposals, including a strong housing stock, a minimum wage of his own and a universal basic income.
Basque pensioners will demonstrate on the 20th, after the government rejected the EPA on pension supplements
The President believes there are "conditions" for a "higher" SMI than the state, always agreed with the social partners
For the President, "we must continue to work on this position of consensus, removing obstacles, because there is resistance on the part of the social partners and we believe that these issues always take time and need to be worked on."
Basque trade unions present 130,000 signatures to promote their own minimum wage in the Basque Country
ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde hope that the political parties will support the initiative and that the Basque Parliament will approve the proposal before the end of the year .
Pensioners in Bilbao demand that minimum pensions in the Basque Country be supplemented up to the minimum wage
During the tour,the slogans have been chanted: "Parliamentarians, this People's Legislative Initiative must be approved","Minimum pension, equaltothe minimum wage "or" More attention to residences ", since pensioners demand that minimum pensions in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) be supplemented by the Minimum Wage for Workers (SMI).
The trade union majority has collected more than 100,000 signatures in favour of their own minimum wage and will bring them to Parliament in August
The trade unions ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas, Hiru and Etxalde have described the campaign as a 'tremendous success' and have closed the collection of signatures before the deadline so that 'the Basque Parliament can demand the competence of the minimum wage as soon as possible'.
Vitoria-Gasteiz's gardener strike is four months away from negotiation
Service workers will demonstrate again on Monday to denounce the lack of dialogue and demand their own agreement.
The Basque Country and Navarre are the second and third communities with the highest labour costs
With regard to the variation in labour costs, compared to 2023, the largest increases were in Extremadura, Murcia and Galicia, while in the Basque Country, Andalusia and the Canary Islands the increase was lower.
ELA and LAB have ensured that the increase in the minimum wage proposed by Torres would affect only 10,000 workers
They believe that the proposal does not take into account the profits made by companies in recent years, nor the productivity generated by their workforce, and therefore does not aim at 'social cohesion or fair distribution of wealth'.
The Basque Government envisages a margin of up to €1,385 to negotiate the minimum wage in the ACV
The Department of Economy, Employment and Employment proposes a wage gap after analysing the socio-economic reality of the Basque Country. The study has been strongly criticized by ELA and LAB and calls for an interprofessional minimum wage of its own for the ACV.
The Ertzainas will start collecting salary increases on the October payroll
The Governing Council has adopted a decree validating the agreement regulating the working conditions of the Ertzaintza (until 2028). Agents will receive a minimum annual increase of EUR 4,200 gross and will begin to receive them on the October payroll.