Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Prophets of Disaster

  • When the rise of the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI) is proposed in the Spanish State, which will also affect thousands of workers from Hego Euskal Herria, the prophets of the catastrophe always emerge.
Zarata mediatikoz beteriko garai nahasiotan, merkatu logiketatik urrun eta irakurleengandik gertu dagoen kazetaritza beharrezkoa dela uste baduzu, ARGIA bultzatzera animatu nahi zaitugu. Geroz eta gehiago gara, jarrai dezagun txikitik eragiten.

And always from the same place: the financial institutions, the Bank of Spain, the Independent Tax Liability Authority (AIREF), the Employers and their media terminals… The main responsible are in the top positions of the best salaries and have never supported the SMI pay.

The possibility of a 0.9% rise in the SMI is now being discussed, and the arguments of those who claim it will bring the disaster have already been heard. Last year this aid was increased from EUR 900 per month to EUR 950 in fourteen instalments. The Bank of Spain then warned of the risk of “125,000 workers losing their jobs”, while the AIREF announced the destruction of 80,000 jobs. A lie, nothing like that happened, on the contrary, it seems that job creation accelerated until the advent of the pandemic.

The Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers of the Spanish State, which brings together more than two million workers, has pointed out that raising the SMI to 1,000 euros a month in the economy of families would be very important and would generally be 1.4 billion more.

Governments, parties and trade unions will have to work to make the SMI grow progressively, so that the prophets of the catastrophe do not emerge victorious. If we distribute the SMI in twelve pages, the Spanish State ranks thirteen in the world ranking, with EUR 1,108, far ahead of the French State (EUR 1,539), the United Kingdom (1,583), Germany (1,584), Belgium (1,625), the Netherlands (1,680), Ireland (1,706) and Luxembourg (2,142). If we want to set aside inequalities, the SMI should be similar across Europe. But we're way too far away.


You are interested in the channel: Desberdintasun soziala
Restrictions, exclusion and business interests: deadly cocktail for a disaster in Valencia
It would be too naive to think that in Valencia there are empty weather factors behind the dead and the damage caused by the storm. Many have denounced the management of the emergency by the Generalitat and that the business thirst of the multinationals has prevailed. And we can... [+]

Oxfam report
1% richest in the world accumulates more wealth than 95%
Oxfam Intermón’s report warns that major challenges on the planet, such as the climate crisis, and global efforts to address poverty and lasting inequality are under threat. “Power is accumulating in the hands of ultra-rich and mega-enterprises.”

2024-06-27 | Jauzi Ekosoziala
How many are too many and enough?
What are our real needs to live well? What is living well? Answering these questions is fundamental in the society of abuse, even more so in times of climate emergency, ecological crisis and civilizing crisis.

The rich heirs of the Conqueror of Gil

Hastings (England), 1066. The army of the Duke of Normandy I of Gil conquered the troops of King Harold II and conquered the throne. Gil's conqueror I was king until 1087.

In this reign after the Norman conquest, the rebellion organized uprising, effective administration and the... [+]


44% of men believe that equality policies have gone "too far" and that it is they who reject
This is the first monographic survey conducted by the Centre for Sociological Research of Spain (CIS) on “Gender Perceptions and Stereotypes of Equality between Men and Women”, where the majority of women participating in the research (65.5%) claim that this statement is... [+]

If we gave the class without considering the house booster?
Professor José Antonio Herranz has decided to modify the formula of "explaining the subject in school, doing the duties and putting the exam", limiting the entire teaching to the school hours so that some students do not stay behind due to the reality of the house. He tells the... [+]

Free after-school activities, Portuguese key to tackling the imbalance
Children aged 6 to 10 years have free after-school activities in Portugal. Ensuring universal participation in these activities has been beneficial in tackling the socio-economic and consequent academic imbalances of Portuguese pupils and in reducing school failure, among... [+]

Face of the Gap

Rent 338 euros or buy 119,000 euros. This is what a woman between 18 and 44 years old can afford on average to live on her own in the CAPV. In any case, since the housing reserve will not exceed 30 per cent of the income. They are data from the Basque Government, and, as they... [+]


Wimbledon Stain Free Regulation
London, July 1877. Organized by the All England Lawn Tennis and Crocket Club, the world’s oldest tennis championship was held for the first time. Seven years later, in 1884 women were also able to participate. And in the act that has just ended this year, almost a century and... [+]

The cracks caused by the university and the educational system
Thousands of students are about to take the university entrance test. In our unbalanced society, education is always the last point of maturity and hope: symbol of equal opportunities, dream of the social lift. But actually, the education system doesn't go beyond the career that... [+]

The strategy of ultrariums is to guide decisions on the climate problem
Political scientist Edouard Morena analyzes the climate emergency from a class perspective and has just published his book Fin du monde et petits fours: Les ultra-riches face à la crise climatique. The excessive consumption of the ultra-rich is more harmful than that of the... [+]

Technology
Ethics of digital transformation

I have been talking to a colleague of all the aids to reduce the ‘digital divide’: from the private sector, from Europe, from the state, from the government… Among the quotation marks I place the digital divide, as many problems that existed before its implementation are... [+]


Bread 14%, onions 258% and mortgage 3,600 euros more: To whom does the price increase affect the most?
Basic food has grown by 15.4% in the Spanish State in one year and the Consumer Price Index has risen again to 5.9%. This increase in prices has generated concern and the Government of Spain seeks solutions with large producers and sellers. However, so far they have not agreed.

Peru hegoaldetik Limaraino iritsi dira manifestariak, beste konstituzio bat eskatzeko

Ostegun honetarako manifestazio handia espero da Liman Dina Boluarte kargutik kendu, parlamentua desegin eta Perurentzako beste konstituzio bat eskatzeko. Herritar asko autobusez eta kamioiez karabanetan antolatuta iritsi da hegoaldeko eskualdeetatik herrialdeko hiribururaino.


Before the Davos summit: statements by rich people, actions by activists
The World Economic Forum, which will last until Friday, has brought together nearly 2,500 economic and political elite authorities at the luxurious Davos ski resort. In view of this, we are seeing the actions of environmental activists, but also the statements of the richest in... [+]

Eguneraketa berriak daude