The government of Isabel Diaz Ayuso was shown “totally against” from Sumar’s proposal concentrate the working day over four daysthat the leader of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijoohe was open to negotiation provided that it does not affect productivity.
At a press conference following the Government Council, the spokesperson for the regional executive, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinstressed that he rejected this measure given that Spain “needs competitiveness and productivity” and “goes against” the self-employed and SMEs, which employ “more than 90%” of workers.
Sources from the Regional Government clarified that the spokesperson for the Regional Executive opposed the specific proposal made by Sumar to reduce working hours, in line with the “same message” that “always” responded to this measure that he proposed. . the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz.
“Another thing is How these hours are distributed and what companies agree on “on the organization of their working day within the framework of their autonomy and on safeguarding the productivity of the Spanish economy,” they stressed at the Puerta del Sol, which, according to them, is the same position as that expressed by the leader of the PP.
In an interview with Vanity Fair published this Wednesday, Feijóo highlighted the possibility of increase the daily working day to be able to work four days without affecting productivity. Asked about the position of the PP leader, García stressed that, as Government of the Community of Madrid “currently”, it is totally opposed to a reduction in the working day due to its effects on “productivity” and “competitiveness”.
In this sense, he said that Spain “is not an island” and it must be competitive in a globalised market, so a reduction in the working day “is not favourable” to continuing to attract investment, nor to creating more SMEs, self-employed workers or jobs. It also “goes against” what other countries are doing with which Spain “must compete”, with more competitiveness, productivity and more companies and self-employed workers.
Asked about the PP leader’s approach to concentrating the working day by four days and extending the number of hours worked, the spokesman for the Madrid government said he would evaluate it when the proposal was more precise, but “in the current context” rejects the measure.
