The counselor of the Mixed Group in the Island Council of Lanzarote, Óscar Noda, has presented a motion for the next island council plenary session in which he proposes that "the creation or addition of companies that commit to hiring people in a situation or risk of social vulnerability be promoted."
In addition, Óscar Noda proposes that "the aforementioned companies have tax benefits and/or subsidies from the Cabildo itself, have social recognition, that campaigns be disseminated about these benefits for companies interested in joining the network, as well as the provision of a digital platform that favors contact between companies and job seekers."
This proposal by Noda arises because he considers it socially necessary "to guarantee the right of all people to the public system of Social Services, either through the planning of social policies and the restructuring and/or creation of new programs with adequate funding to optimize and guarantee basic services, or by orienting actions towards the prevention of risk situations and the promotion of conditions that allow people in situations of difficulty or need to maintain the greatest possible autonomy in their lives."
In short, according to Óscar Noda, "this social need has led to an increase in demand in the system to which an adequate response is not being given, so the recovery of social policies based on the rights of citizens and personal dignity is more than necessary, in order to overcome the current political lines oriented, almost exclusively, to the processing of financial benefits in the face of situations of social emergency, that is, to welfare and charity. That is why, to change this behavior, we must promote in a more established way the autonomy of vulnerable people and, the best way to do it is by generating employment for them, guaranteeing a dignified way out of those circumstances."
The same data provided by the Data Center of the Cabildo of Lanzarote reflect in their surveys that the local population finds it increasingly difficult to make ends meet compared to 2023. The impressions of the people of Lanzarote about their future economy also worsen by 26% compared to a year ago. Due to compelling data such as these, it is more than evident that, reiterates Óscar Noda, that, "faced with this situation, we must be prepared and guarantee access to decent and quality jobs for people who are in a situation of vulnerability and/or who are foreseeably will be in the not too distant future," concludes the counselor of the Mixed Group in the Island Council of Lanzarote.
