With a warning from labor sector representatives that they will not settle for any proposal that reduces benefits for workers, the Tripartite Dialogue for the reform and modernization of the Labor Code began again yesterday, Wednesday 5 November 2014. CNUS union leader Rafael (Pepe) Abreu noted that they are in agreement with the need to reform the articles related to aspects of procedure, regulations, in addition to the technological contextualization, but they reiterated their defense of economic and contractual benefits for employees.
“We want to reiterate that the union movement is not willing to compromise, because the workers’ gains have been achieved at a great cost, and we do not want to leave future generations with a worse Code than the one we have,” warned Abreu in his speech during the event at the Intec university yesterday, Wednesday 5 November 2014.
In the meantime, the management representatives restated their vision of seeking to reduce informal work starting with the reforms to the Labor Code. “The business sector reiterates its openness and commitment to take an active part in this dialogue in order to prepare a proposal for labor reform that reduces the level of informality and creates the conditions for creating more jobs, which improves working conditions and workers’ benefits,” said National Business Council (Conep) president Manuel Diez.