He has announced that they will give a detailed reading of the list of companies to be decided by the Council of Ministers on 29 March, 'we do not want it to be a list of exceptionality in this regard'. But before making the final text public, the LAB syndicate wanted to make this assessment public and underlined three points.

"If this decision had been made before, there wouldn't have been so many infections and deaths."

The Secretary General of LAB has stated that the suspension of any economic activity that is not a basic measure "is a necessary measure, but should have been taken before". "This union has been calling for this measure for more than two weeks. If it had been taken before, there wouldn't be so many infections and the death toll wouldn't have been so high."

He has denounced that in these two weeks the health of workers has been put at risk and, in addition, many have been "forced to go to work without the necessary protective measures". They have also endangered the health of their environment."

Points out the persons responsible and the reason for the delay in the decision: "If this decision has been delayed so long, it is because both the Spanish and the Basque and the Navarro governments have prioritised the interests of the employers. Care for the employers. The decision has been postponed because the interests of capital have taken precedence over health and this is irresponsibility".

"The one wearing the yellow jersey is undoubtedly the PNV," he added: "It has remained ridiculous, once again, for being so subordinate to the employers. The only defense they make of their self-government is to defend the interests of the employers".

Basic services need more staff and sufficient measures

He has underlined the situation of the staff working in basic services, "mostly women: doctors and nurses, workers in nursing homes, housekeeping, home care... the consequences and misery of the decisions of recent years are being seen more than ever: the consequences of poor repair of care, privatization of the public service, cuts in public services... without it posing a risk to their health and the environment. And we ask that all the necessary personnel be put in, more needs to be done." He also warned that "the emotional burdens with which work is being done must be taken into account".

"We will not allow the entire cost of this crisis to fall into the hands of the workers"

Aranburu pointed out that, according to the measures announced yesterday by Sanchez, workers will have to recover the work they will not do in these two weeks after the lockdown. "We are not going to allow the entire cost of this crisis to fall into the hands of the workers. Granting a paid leave, with working hours that workers must then recover, is to make all the weight available to the workers".