CKD, EH Bildu, the cup and the BNG will vote ‘no’ to the labour reform in the vote on February 3. At least for the moment. The four formations have insisted this Thursday that the agreement between unions Y patronal It is insufficient” and they ask the Government “to open a process of dialogue and negotiation in order to reach an agreement that allows agreeing on a ambitious labor reform“. Once again, they have exposed their conditions in exchange for their ‘yes’ and have warned the PSOE and United We Can that only in this way will they achieve a “large majority in Congress”.
These formations had been going on since December 31, a few days after the Executive approved the labor reform, preparing a common front to pressure the government to changes in the regulations, as reported by El Periódico de España.
Dismiss to Cs
The joint declaration of the three formations comes a day after the second vice-president, Yolanda Díaz, traveled to Barcelona to carry out different acts with the CCOO and UGT unions and increase pressure on CKD. In addition, the leader of United We Can met at night with the Minister of Business and Employment, Roger Torrent. The meeting, initially, was for “exchange views” and not to seek a possible agreement to unravel the negotiations.
The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, who had dinner with Díaz in Madrid two weeks ago after giving a conference at the Club Siglo XXI, already warned then that it was “Very difficult” for ERC to support labor reform, since what his party would like is the “repeal of the labor reforms of 2010 and 2012”, and what is proposed now, instead, are only “partial elements that have been modified”.
Despite the reluctance of the usual partners of the Government to give their ‘yes’ to the employers’ and unions’ agreement if no changes are made, Díaz was convinced on Wednesday that in the end the reform will be approved with the progressive formations. In an interview on Cadena Ser, he ruled out any scenario in which the government achieves the necessary majority by relying on Cs “because that entry expels leftist forces.” “It does not give the sum in any way with Citizens”, sentenced the vice president.
“This standard changes the paradigm of labor relations in our country. It’s so hard to say no“, pointed out the Minister of Labor in the usual line of pressure on her partners. As she said, “whoever votes against is going to have to explain it to their workers and it is very difficult to explain it”.