The Minister of Labor, Jeannette Jara, met this Monday with the board of directors of the Society for Manufacturing Development (Sofofa). At the appointment, of a protocol nature, the head of the portfolio raised with the union the need to collect the opinion of employers regarding the pension reform and, in addition, the labor proposals of the President’s government were analyzed Gabriel Boric.
“We are sharing the labor challenges that we have for the coming months, particularly in terms of employability, employment formalization and the initiatives that we can raise together. Also, the issues on the government’s agenda regarding the minimum wage and 40 hours,” said the Secretary of State after the meeting, alluding to two of the portfolio’s priorities, such as raising the basic income to $500,000 by the end of the administration of President Boric and reduce the working day from 45 to 40 hours a week.
In the instance, which lasted about an hour and a half, they also discussed the need to collect the opinion of employers for the pension reform that the Government will carry out.
Said opinion, said Minister Jara, together with that of the workers will be part of the “wills that will come together in the bill that will address pension issues.”
“We are left with a good impression, because we know that there is a willingness to dialogue. We are certain that as long as each of the stakeholders in the world of work, employers, workers and the Government, do well, that will be a sum and a contribution for the country”, he concluded.
Accompanying the Minister was the Undersecretary of Labor, Giorgio Boccardo. On behalf of Sofofa, in addition to its president, Victoria Vásquez, second vice president; Gonzalo Russi, Executive Secretary of the Sustainable Business Development Committee; and Andrea Tokman, counselor.
“We are aligned”
The president of Sofofa, Richard von Appen, expressed the union’s willingness to “collaborate in the different projects that the new government has, giving our point of view so that this can be implemented well and that the country does well.”
“Undoubtedly, one of the priorities we have is employment, with the challenges that the economy has, but also how to live better, improving job conditions and also remuneration,” said the business leader. “In that we are aligned with the Minister (Jara), with the Government, and we hope that we can make progress in the coming months in working together.”
Von Appen explained that he delivered a document to the Secretary of State with 35 measures and proposals prepared by the Sofofa work group. “We hope that, around that, we can also help to implement it and improve the labor market,” she said.
