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The Movement of Pensioners of Euskal Herria joins the mobilization of Madrid for decent pensions

The march will demand, among others, the repeal of the latest labor reforms, the elimination of the gender gap in wages and compensation for female pensioners, and a minimum pension such as the SMI.

The Euskal Herria Pensioners Movement (EHMP) participates this Saturday in the mobilization that will take place in Madrid in defense of decent pensions, an appointment called by COESPE, the state coordinator for the Defense of the Public System.

The march will depart at noon from the Congress of Deputies to Puerta del Sol to demand that the latest labor and pension reforms are repealed of 2011, 2012 and 2013, that the gender gap in salaries and remuneration for female pensioners is eliminated, that the minimum pension is as the Minimum Interprofessional Salary and the retirement age returns to 65 years.

The movement of Basque pensioners has emphasized that “the defense of the public pension system and of decent, fair and sufficient public pensions are basic demands that we share, as well as guaranteeing the financing of the public pension system “.

As they have continued, “this guarantee has been curtailed, due to the labor reforms of precariousness, low salaries and also due to the use of pension funds for expenses of other policies of the different governments; expenses that must be audited as we demand in the mobilization and funds to be returned to guarantee the SPP for our generation and those to come. “

On the other hand, before the processing of the Government Bill On the pension reform, the pensioners have asked the “sovereignist parties and those of the state left” that expressed disagreements with the recommendations of the Toledo Pact, “to unite and to try to reach a consensus on amendments” and to oppose the project. of law in the terms that is currently.

“Infractions” in a residence in Barakaldo

On the other hand, Basque pensioners have considered that the temporary closure of a residence for the elderly in Barakaldo, after having detected “serious infractions” in its management and in the treatment of users, is “one more example” of the effects of having privatized the care system.

In a note, the Basque Pensioners Movement has denounced “the irregularities that occur after the transfer of the residence to a new owner whose management has resulted in a absolute abandonment and precariousness of residents and workers “.

Likewise, the movement of pensioners has shown solidarity with the residents and workers of this residence and has been ratified in the ddefense of a public network of social and health care, universal, quality and more humane.

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