Representatives of workers’ associations maintain that the implementation of this measure could generate a social reaction.
The Organic Law of Humanitarian Support proposed by the Government, with which the owners of the companies and the employees do not agree, implies the temporary contribution for the workers, other natural persons and, for a single time, the companies.
The urgent economic bill has generated reactions.
The union representatives warn that it will be detrimental to the liquidity that is required in times of contraction, so they warn that it could even generate a social response.
For Miguel García, president of the Federation of Public Servants of Ecuador, the public sector would be affected in two ways.
The first, that the Ministry of Finance, assigning itself the powers of the Ministry of Labor, decides that there should be no renewal of occasional contracts. This would generate at least 15,000 layoffs.
The second, on the other hand, has to do with taking advantage of this circumstance to lower salaries, since the project indicates that the Executive Function servers earning more than USD 1,000 will be reduced by 10%.
For García, this would mean taking the thirteenth from them, so he considers that the best way to save money was to establish a single average salary scale for the entire sector.
Remember that only with public servants expenses are generated for salaries that amount to USD 10 billion a year.
While from the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) there is also no positive response to the Executive’s approach.
The head of the CUT, Richard Gómez, does not rule out that a call is made to the other union centers to reject this claim that it is the workers who pay for the crisis.
Gómez proposes that resources come from the private sector, especially the financial system.
Roberto Aspiazu, executive director of the Ecuadorian Business Committee, believes that the proposal is inadequate on two specific issues. The first has to do with the contribution of 5% of profits since the situation of companies is very complicated. The second, on the other hand, with a drop in sales of between 50% and 70% that has affected sectors such as tourism, construction and floriculture that are not in a position to contribute.
On April 2, the Ecuadorian Business Committee sent a letter to the leaders in which the document «Proposed Measures in the Face of the Emergency COVID-19 in Ecuador» was attached so that the greatest amount of liquidity could be transferred to the business fabric.
In addition, this Monday, April 20, federations of Industries, Commerce, Agriculture, Construction and Small Industry, sent a letter to the IESS, BIESS and the Ministry of Finance to which were attached proposals on the sustainability of companies and employment.
Source: Ecuadorian Business Committee, El Universo, Twitter, social networks
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