With 169 votes in favor, 33 against and 142 abstentions, the Congress of Deputies has urged the Government to continue the work to reduce the working day through the approval of a non-law proposal presented by the Sumar parliamentary group, supported by Podemos and other partners of the Executive, criticized by the PP and with the vote against Vox.
As Sumar's spokesperson, Íñigo Errejón, defended during the presentation of the proposal, the non-legal proposal, whose objective is included in the Government agreement between the PSOE and Podemos, seeks to "reduce the working day without reducing the salary for gain more time to live".
Errejón has stressed that in Spain there is "considerable margin" to reduce the working day without cutting salaries, better redistributing productivity between capital and work so that "tranquility is not a luxury."
In the debate, Podemos deputy Noemí Santana valued the progress in rights that reducing working hours entails, but also urged the recovery of other rights lost by the working class.
Other groups, such as the PNV, have supported the intention, but have called it "marketing" for a group that is part of the Government to bring to Congress a request to the Executive itself for something that was in its agreement.
"It is an unnecessary NLP," Junts has also stated, while ERC and EH Bildu value opening a necessary debate to advance workers' rights and the PSOE insisted on the importance of putting people's well-being at the center.
Vox has been the most critical party and has described the measure as another "happy flower" from the vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz.
The PP also questions what they see as an "interventionist measure" that should only come out as a result of a "real" social dialogue with businessmen. The popular ones are willing to accept the measure if it is within this framework of social dialogue, they asked that it be accompanied by measures to support companies.
