The plenary session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, with the votes of the Government groups and Vox, has rejected a motion from the PSOE, supported by NC, in which support was expressed for the state bill to reduce the maximum working day to 37.5 hours per week and the guarantee of the registration of the working day and the right to disconnect.
The motion was defended by the PSOE deputy Gustavo Santana, who accused part of the Government groups of being dragged by the PP's opposition to the reduction of the working day and of being unable to disassociate themselves despite being in agreement.
"The problem is not the motion for the reduction of the working day, but the ideological vision of the PP, which has hijacked the will of the rest of the political formations of the government," said Santana.
Natalia Santana, from Nueva Canarias, accused the government groups of rejecting the conquests and social advances, which in the end will be imposed "by common sense."
The four representatives of the groups that support the Government (CC, PP, ASG and Mixto) stated that they agree with the reduction of the working day, but provided that it is the result of social dialogue and with the agreement of employers, not only unions.
The representative of Vox, Paula Jover, was against the motion because the reduction of the working day is "labor populism", an "imposition that punishes those who work, those who undertake and those who risk."
"People are not worried about the number of hours they work," but about having a job and making ends meet, according to the Vox representative.
