The PSOE Canarias deputies in Congress have highlighted the "significant effort" being made by the Government presided over by Pedro Sánchez to "advance equality among citizens and improve the lives of the social majority," with actions such as the increase in the 'Minimum Interprofessional Wage' (SMI) approved this week by the Council of Ministers, a measure that in the Canary Islands will benefit "more than 174,000 people."
Deputy Dolores Corujo highlighted "the remarkable impact" that this increase will have on the Archipelago, as it will reach 21.5% of the salaried population of the islands. Together with Extremadura, the most favored autonomous community. It is also a measure that "is the result of dialogue with trade union organizations and with which, after the revaluation of pensions, "another of the great commitments acquired with the citizens by the coalition government is fulfilled."
Corujo explained that this salary improvement of 5% represents an average increase of 54 euros, which means that the Minimum Interprofessional Wage is placed at 1,134 euros gross per month, in 14 payments, to be paid with retroactive effect from January 1st.
The deputy for the province of Las Palmas recalled that when Mariano Rajoy left Moncloa, in 2018, the SMI was 735.90 euros, while, since the arrival of Pedro Sánchez, the increase has been no less than 54%. "Rajoy, in his seven years of government, only raised the SMI by 94 euros, less than 15%. In contrast, this Government has raised the minimum wage more than three times what the PP did."
According to Dolores Corujo, this is a clear example of "useful policy that improves people's lives" compared to what "only offer noise, tension and vote no without blushing to everything that means an advance for the majority: revaluation of pensions, increase of the SMI or free transport."
In contrast, she continued, "from the Socialist Party we have shown that the SMI can be raised like never before in history and, at the same time, create employment like never before in history," she added, referring to the latest data from the Active Population Survey, in which the Canary Islands appears, for the first time, with more than one million people employed.
