Spot defends the salary increase: "The Government could not stand idly by and do nothing"

 

The head of government, Xavier Espot, took advantage of the visit he made this Friday to the school of Sant Sebastià de Sant Julià de Lòria to claim the increase in wages by law in accordance with the IPC against the difficulties presented by the current context. In this sense, he pointed out that in these moments of difficulty "the Government could not stand idly by and do nothing" and, from this point of view, he stated that the measure adopted by the executive was " weighted, balanced and that caters to all stakeholders", including both workers and employers.

Despite this, the head of government has shown himself in favor of "fostering authentic mechanisms of social consultation in our country". In fact, he has recognized that this situation is an "anomaly" and, therefore, it is an issue that "should be negotiated and agreed between the different social partners such as employers and unions". In this way, he said that "what we have to do is facilitate as much as possible that the agreement takes place".

Espot also pointed out that this year "we have already taken a significant step in this regard", despite the fact that, unfortunately, "the agreement has not been successful and, therefore, we have to adopt this situation because we are in a context of high inflation". However, he concluded by assuring that the increase in wages by law "does justice to this spirit of taking everyone's interests into account".