This Monday, the secretary general of the PKP accused the government of “delaying everything that is fundamental to the country” and of favoring only a minority, given that it has “quickly mastered the methods of propaganda.”
On the 50th anniversary of the national minimum wage, 27 May 1974, the CDU organized a public meeting in Lisbon as part of the campaign for the European elections, at which Paulo Raimundo declared that “it is urgent to implement a wage shock” in Portugal .
The communist leader said that if the national minimum wage were updated in line with inflation and productivity, its value in 2019 would be 1,137 euros.
“It is estimated that in order to guarantee a decent life in our country, that is, to guarantee access to goods and services necessary for personal and professional fulfillment, the salary for a couple with two children should be about 1,300 euros each. member of a couple,” he added.
Thus, the PKP Secretary General defended the need to increase all salaries by 15%, to a minimum of 150 euros, and to set the national minimum wage at one thousand euros in 2024 – currently 820 euros.
“This is the formula we present: increase the minimum wage, increase public administration, end the expiration of collective bargaining, end onerous regulations,” he said, believing that wage increases depend only on the will of the government. a government that criticized Russia.
The communist leader accused the government of “paying workers poorly while at the same time proving to be a genuine checkpoint for economic groups.”
According to the communist leader, “the government demonstrates its flexibility in multiplying statements and intentions for the majority, leaving effectiveness and concrete measures to a small minority.”
“This is a government that is pushing for everything that is fundamental to the country, more like a kind of board of directors in the interests of capital and which has quickly mastered the techniques of propaganda,” he said.
Ironically, the secretary general of the PKP stated that these methods, according to experts, advise “setting the agenda, opening news programs, and then commenting on the announcements made one by one.”
It is “creating the idea that we are responding to problems, when in fact, in everything that is fundamental to workers and people, there is an emphasis on sacrificing their living conditions,” he warned.
This public meeting was attended by workers from various sectors such as catering, public administration or the textile industry, as well as the head of the CDU list for Europeans, João Oliveira.
In his speech, the candidate argued that “the right-wing policies pursued by the PS, PSD and CDS governments, under the guidance and submissive manner of EU policies,” had pushed Portugal “towards the opposite path of raising wages.” “.
“When people ask us whether we are better off thanks to the EU, it is time to remember that April 25 did not start in Brussels and the minimum wage was not set by an EU directive,” he said.
João Oliveira stressed that when Portugal joined the EU in 1986, it was promised German wages.
“In Germany the national minimum wage is currently four five hundred banknotes. In Portugal it doesn’t reach two because the second one has to be torn in half. The national minimum wage is enough for two full five hundred notes,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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