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The parliamentary group of Unidas Podemos has assured that it will legislate for the participation of workers in the governance of companies , in line with the announcement made at the beginning of May by the third vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy , Yolanda Díaz. Roberto Uriarte In the conference entitled "Democracy in the company" organized by the parliamentary group and the Platform for Economic Democracy, the deputy Roberto Uriarte, has assured that this democratization implies "the co-responsibility of the workers in the government of the companies constitutes a mandate of Art. of the Constitution that has barely had any development" and that is why the group is developing initiatives in Congress in this regard. “We are one of the few countries in the world whose Constitution does care about the governance of companies and establishes an imperative mandate but we have been in disregard of article 129 for 40 years, in which the ordinary legislator has not been able to legislate nor to offer advantageous conditions to social economy companies or cooperative entrepreneurship.
He has also not been able to regulate worker participation and access to capital, so the mandate remains unfulfilled,” explained Uriarte. Roberto Uriarte is a Doctor in Constitutional Law from the University of the Basque Country and a professor of said subject. Born in Bermeo in 1960, he has been general secretary of Podemos in the Basque Country. From Unidas Australia Phone Number Podemos, they foresee new advances over the next year until "completing" the regulation of the rights provided for in the Constitution and within the Statute of the century company. The conference, in which experiences implemented in northern Europe have also been analyzed, has included parliamentarians, business and union leaders and representatives of the academic world. Towards a new system of labor relations In that sense, the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, has put this matter on the table these weeks, announcing that she will shortly convene the employers and unions to "debate" and "address" the legal development of possible participation of workers' representatives on the boards of directors and decision-making bodies of companies. If a rule of this type goes ahead, "it will improve the productivity of companies and the economy in general," said the head of Labor. This fact is not new, much less in Spain.
Public metal companies, entities such as the Bank of Spain or the boards of directors of savings banks have formulas for the representation of workers on their boards of directors established by law. Díaz had already announced during his speech at the May Day demonstration in Madrid his intention to negotiate an Institutional Participation Law with social agents, although it was not until an informative meeting organized by Europa Press when he specified what he is pursuing with this regulation. . It would be, as he explained, about approving a law that develops article of the Spanish Constitution which says that “the public authorities will effectively promote the various forms of participation in the company and will encourage, through appropriate legislation, cooperative societies. They will also establish the means that facilitate workers' access to ownership of the means of production." This would fundamentally translate into the presence on the boards of directors of workers through their legal representation, something that, as Díaz recalled, already exists in a regulated manner in 18 countries around the world. The oldest model of this type of representation is the so-called codecision formula in Germany, present since 1976. The German law allows workers to elect representatives (usually union) for almost half of the board of directors.
He has also not been able to regulate worker participation and access to capital, so the mandate remains unfulfilled,” explained Uriarte. Roberto Uriarte is a Doctor in Constitutional Law from the University of the Basque Country and a professor of said subject. Born in Bermeo in 1960, he has been general secretary of Podemos in the Basque Country. From Unidas Australia Phone Number Podemos, they foresee new advances over the next year until "completing" the regulation of the rights provided for in the Constitution and within the Statute of the century company. The conference, in which experiences implemented in northern Europe have also been analyzed, has included parliamentarians, business and union leaders and representatives of the academic world. Towards a new system of labor relations In that sense, the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, has put this matter on the table these weeks, announcing that she will shortly convene the employers and unions to "debate" and "address" the legal development of possible participation of workers' representatives on the boards of directors and decision-making bodies of companies. If a rule of this type goes ahead, "it will improve the productivity of companies and the economy in general," said the head of Labor. This fact is not new, much less in Spain.
Public metal companies, entities such as the Bank of Spain or the boards of directors of savings banks have formulas for the representation of workers on their boards of directors established by law. Díaz had already announced during his speech at the May Day demonstration in Madrid his intention to negotiate an Institutional Participation Law with social agents, although it was not until an informative meeting organized by Europa Press when he specified what he is pursuing with this regulation. . It would be, as he explained, about approving a law that develops article of the Spanish Constitution which says that “the public authorities will effectively promote the various forms of participation in the company and will encourage, through appropriate legislation, cooperative societies. They will also establish the means that facilitate workers' access to ownership of the means of production." This would fundamentally translate into the presence on the boards of directors of workers through their legal representation, something that, as Díaz recalled, already exists in a regulated manner in 18 countries around the world. The oldest model of this type of representation is the so-called codecision formula in Germany, present since 1976. The German law allows workers to elect representatives (usually union) for almost half of the board of directors.