Yolanda DiazMinister of Labor, who failed to reach an agreement with employers and unions reduce the working day to 37.5 hours weeks, he is already thinking about his next step: the 32 hours per week. The CEOE opposes the proposal and Yolanda Díaz had to postpone the last meeting until next week. However, the minister, who threatened the CEOE to approve it only with the unions, does not give in despite opposition also from government partners.
Yolanda Díaz defended the reduction of the working day with a view to “advancing towards the horizon of 32 hours a week”, she underlined during the closing of the first International Labor Congress promoted by her ministry and whose second edition will take place in 2025. in Slovenia.
“And for the reduction of working time to have effects, we must protect the right to disconnect, because disconnection cannot be the privilege of a few,” said Díaz.
Reducing working hours was one of the issues discussed at a meeting that reflected on the need for 21st century labor statutes to include more economic democracy and worker participation in companies.
We also discussed how to advance ecological and digital transitions without restricting rights, with social justice, or how to build a union feminism that promotes inclusive and diverse workspaces.
During the closing, the Global Charter of Labor Rights was signed, which aspires to become “the Magna Carta of workers” for the defense of decent work and fair wages.
“It is the first stone in the construction of a labor international for the 21st century,” defended Díaz, who also qualified it as a first step to rebuild the social contract at the global level “at the time of the rise of neoliberalism and the far right.
“Labor rights are human rights,” said the vice president, who defended the importance of having decent work, fair pay, equal opportunities, non-discrimination, freedom of association, the right to strike and minimal social protection.
The letter was also signed by the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Esther Lynch, and by the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Luc Triangle, while several countries and countries also joined the ‘initiative. union and legal associations.
