MADRID, 29 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The general secretary of the CCOO, Unai Sordo, has opposed the proposal of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration to progressively extend the pension calculation period from the current 25 years to a total of 30 years, but with the possibility to rule out the two worst listed years.
Sordo, in statements to RNE collected by Europa Press, affirmed last night, after the meeting of the social dialogue table on pensions, that the extension of the calculation period “is not a necessary measure, it does not generate consensus for its approval” and it is the only measure that has been put on the table “that is not a recommendation of the Pact of Toledo”.
The union leader recalled that this year the agreement to extend the pension calculation period to 25 years has been completed and considers that what is appropriate now is to analyze the result of said extension.
In addition, he stressed that in order “to be able to seriously address” a new extension of the calculation period, “a political consensus is needed that does not exist right now.”
With the exception of the extension of the years to calculate the pension, Sordo believes that the “perimeter” of measures that the Ministry has put on the table is “positive” and considers that, at least with the unions, if the period is excluded calculation of the pension, “it is very likely to reach an agreement on the rest of the matters”.
The other measures proposed by the Government, Sordo explained, are mainly aimed at improving the income structure of Social Security, such as the proposal to uncapped the maximum bases.
Of course, Sordo misses “a little more ambitious” measures in terms of protection of the lowest pensions or coverage of contribution gaps. “Let’s hope that this can be developed in the negotiation,” indicated Sordo, who has indicated that this “has to be resolved by the end of the year.”
