On March 16, the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, radded the labor reform in Congress, a project that, in his words, “will guarantee the rights of the nearly 22 million employed persons in the country“.
However, some unions and political sectors have shown their concern about some points in the document, as they consider that higher costs to employers and affect the productivity of companies.
(See: ‘We can make a serious mistake’: Mac Master on labor reform).
Faced with the subject, former president Álvaro Uribe He expressed his criticism of the project, considering that it is a harmful reform for both workers and employers. Therefore, from his party, they propose an alternative to the government’s initiative.
“We propose as an alternative that a five-year agreement to increase wages and productivity be promoted, without further complicating labor regulations.“Uribe said from the Forum ‘The regions return to the center’, which his party develops from Cartagena.
(See: How much would costs rise for a company with the labor reform).
About, President Gustavo Petro said he agreed with Uribe’s idea, but stressed that this it is an article that can be included in the current initiative and not in a project that replaces it.
The president has responded to the criticisms that the reform has received, especially those who claim that the increase in workers’ wages would increase informality.
On his Twitter account, Petro explained that: “Informality is the product of not having allowed peasants access to land for a century. Landless peasants, their children and grandchildren are today the informal“.
I don’t dislike the idea of a five-year agreement to raise real wages according to productivity, I proposed it in the campaign and I agree with Uribe, but that article should appear in the current labor reform and not replace it. https://t.co/vYyB2j2L3W
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 18, 2023
(See: These are the changes of the labor reform established in Congress).
For his part, Uribe maintains that the labor reform “excites workers and then frustrates them“Well, their rules”point to the fact that formal employment is not generated due to excess costs and regulations“.
argument with which Peter disagreed. Well, as he wrote on his Twitter account: “They should recognize that despite the labor reforms, which began with Law 50 in the 1990s, and which generally reduced relative wages, they did not bring an end to informality.“.
They say, with slave nostalgia, that if wages grow, informality increases
Informality is the product of not having allowed peasants access to land for a century
Landless peasants, their children and grandchildren are today the informal
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 18, 2023
(See: Rappi’s position on the new labor reform).
Therefore, for the agent, informality is overcome “empowering the popular economy, associating it, providing them with knowledge, granting abundant and cheap credit“.
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