Employers and unions convene extraordinary committees to assess a 'Christmas Eve pact' in the labor reform

CCOO, UGT and CEOE and Cepyme, the social agents that negotiate with the Government the labor reform have summoned for tomorrow first thing in the morning their

what would be the first preliminary agreement on the text that they carry negotiating 9 months and that must be in force for next January 1. The organizations meet this afternoon with the ministries of Labor, Economy and Social Security in an appointment in which the Government intends to start a validation of its proposals that allows the reform to be processed and

The Government's commitment to Brussels to receive 70,000 million euros in European aid involves having

. The next Tuesday, December 28, would be the penultimate ordinary Council of Ministers and there would be one last opportunity on December 31 to reach the deadline.

Nine months after starting, the agreement could occur

. In principle, the negotiation that began in March should have concluded on November 15 to make room for a more relaxed process. But the differences within the Government regarding whether the proposal of the new labor framework should be a repeal - as Podemos included in its electoral program - or an update, put the agenda to rest.

Vice President

broke into the negotiations making room at the table led by

, Second Vice President and Minister of Labor. From that moment on, the Government's proposal was reformulated and, since the second week of December and in the face of the threat that the talks would exceed the deadline and force the Government to approve a text that was not supported by all parties, the

. Progress has been more than notable in the temporary nature of contracts, one of the workhorses of negotiation against employers. However

According to sources familiar with the negotiations.

Within the Government and throughout the negotiation,

in

a framework that will be far from the promised repeal of the labor reform to the unions.

Apart from the organizations, they will gain the weight lost in collective bargaining in the 2012 reform.

UGT has called for consultations tomorrow to its executive leadership in the

first thing in the morning. Both organizations will convey to the members of these tables the result of the negotiations that are taking place this afternoon, as confirmed by union sources. "The Government is pressing hard for there to be a preliminary agreement for next Tuesday and we are going to analyze it but these negotiations always rush until the last minute," warn the same sources as a way to shake off the pressure for an agreement.

On the side of the employers CEOE and Cepyme will meet with extraordinary character also first thing in the morning. Business organizations and all the sectoral groupings that comprise them have closely followed the talks since

.

The pressure with which Díaz and the unions started the negotiations and the lack of response from the rest of the Government led

, CEOE president, to establish direct contact with Brussels to warn about the drift that the negotiations were taking.

At the same time, he made it clear that he would not sign a reform that would be contrary to the interests of businessmen due to the fact that the Executive fulfilled its commitments.

In the last week, the position of the employers has been approaching the agreement, although sources familiar with the negotiations indicate that although the agreement is very close, it is not yet a reality.

An idea that is replicated on the union side.

The floor will be given to the organizations first thing in the morning.

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