The parliamentary group of In Comú Podem has formally requested the appearance of the Minister of Business and Work, Roger Torrent, for the case of alleged labor abuses at the Camp Nou. The ‘common‘They demand that the highest person responsible for labor matters of the Generalitat appears in the Catalan chamber to give explanations about the results of the macro-operation carried out this past Wednesday, reported by EL PERIÓDICO, by Work Inspection.
The purple formation thus reacts to the investigation published by this medium and demands that the Minister of Business and Work be held accountable in Parliament. Not only to report on what his department is doing to ensure the working conditions of the workers who are renovating the Camp Nou, but also to explain what other works and how the subcontracted companies that are allegedly underpaying and doing overwork your employees.
Mainly, the ‘communes’ want to know in which works tendered by the Administration those subcontracted companies are operating in the Camp Nou where the workers denounce “labor exploitation.” Several of these companies are participating as subcontractors in various important civil works, such as the metro. La Sagrerawhere the person responsible is the Generalitat of Catalonia, or in the Plaza de Les Glòrieswhere the Barcelona City Council puts out to tender.
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Due to parliamentary times, Torrent’s appearance for the alleged labor abuses at the Camp Nou will not take place, at the earliest, until January 2024. Meanwhile, the agents of the Work Inspection will have room to advance in their investigations, both in relation to the operation carried out this past Tuesday, like that of last September, where the ‘labor police’ already detected alleged irregularities in a subcontractor. Company that was subsequently expelled from the work by Limak, the main contractor that Barça has commissioned to remodel its stadium.
Torrent’s request to appear in Parliament coincides with the same day that the PSC has requested that the director of the Labor Inspection also give explanations. Battle Light.