All points of the Labor Code will be touched, there is none that is prohibited, “we are going to touch them all, including unemployment”, we seek to have an integral piece, warned this morning Senator Rafael Barón Duluc, president of the special commission of the Senate studying the piece.
In this way, the legislator responds to the president of the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS), Rafael –Pepe-Abreu, who has repeatedly said that they will not allow unemployment to be touched upon during the debates.
Barón Duluc clarified that the commission carries out responsible work without being partial to any sector of those involved in the discussions of the labor code.
“We cannot have the attitude that such an issue will not be addressed, no, we are going to address all the issues and everything will be reviewed, because if that were the case, then one would only have to sign the projects and it is not about That is, one has to know the Code in a comprehensive manner and that is what we are doing, but that does not mean that we are going to harm any sector. What happens is that some sectors want me to say what their position is, and at this moment we are listening to all parties and we cannot come with specific positions, because then we disqualify ourselves,” he explained.
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He understands that if he supported one of the sectors he would be disqualified from leading the discussions in search of consensus.
He said that so far they have directed the work with great balance and equanimity, listening equally to all sectors.
“As president of the commission, I try to be as neutral as possible. If I give my opinion and people feel affected, they will not go to the debates. I would disqualify myself as president of said commission. We are working with the greatest equanimity and balance possible, totally balanced. we are being. We senators are politicians and we owe ourselves to the population, if we have positions that harm citizens then we are discarding ourselves as politicians,” said Barón Duluc.
The senator from the La Altagracia province for the Modern Revolutionary Party added that “President Abinader is not going to enact a law that goes against the Dominican people either, so what we are looking for is for a comprehensive code to come out, we are talking about the modification of a labor code.”
The unions
Yesterday the National Confederation of Trade Union Unity (CNUS) rejected the employers’ proposal to maintain unemployment up to a limit of six years for new employees.
Rafael Abreu, president of the entity, accused the business sector of trying to eliminate this conquest of the workers and in what they say, senators from the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) would be involved, which he did not identify.
He warned that the workers will not accept under any circumstances the proposal of the business sector of reduce unemployment.
He also rejected the idea of calculating the base salary to obtain the settlement amount, which would be for a limit equivalent to 10 minimum wages of the labor sector to which the employee belongs.
The businessmen
The president of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP), Celso Juan Marranzini, said that they have not proposed the elimination of unemployment, but rather its modification, “that the infinite term does not exist, rather, that there is a limit that is predictable and does not represent a burden to improve salaries.
He stated that the dialogue must be deepened and the necessary aspects reviewed to reach the best possible agreement.
He stressed that the goal must be a balance between economic growth, job creation and social well-being of the Dominican Republic, while highlighting that the bill must also seek to improve salaries.
