Ministers of the Executive Branch and leaders of the country’s main trade unions held a dialogue table at the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security in Asunción on Monday, with the aim of building a joint agenda to address the main demands of the working sector.
The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Labor, Mónica Recalde, and was attended by the Ministers Political Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, José Alberto Alderete; Agriculture, Carlos Giménez; Social Development, Tadeo Rojas; and Urban Planning, Housing and Habitat, Juan Carlos Baruja. Also present were the Vice Ministers of MSMEs, Gustavo Giménez; Labor, César Segovia; as well as the Director of the SNPP, José Cogliolo and the Chief of Staff of Indert, Horacio Enciso.
During the meeting, the parties agreed on the importance of fully supporting the Zero Hunger program and strengthening control mechanisms to promote the creation of decent and quality jobs.
It was also agreed to set up a working group to promote a social housing project with accessible financing conditions for workers, to strengthen job training and development in the rural sector through the SNPP and Sinafocal, to analyse aspects related to the development of MSMEs and to the evolution of key economic indicators.
The head of the Ministry of Labor, Mónica Recalde, explained that they will maintain a permanent dialogue with all the ministers to achieve concrete results.
She said that “the Government’s openness is essential to resolve the problems of the working sector. We have the will to do things and the commitment to listen, talk and find solutions”, she added.
Representing the trade unions were Miguel Zayas, from the National Workers’ Central; Mirta Arias, from the Unitary Workers’ Central; Bernardo Rojas, from the Authentic Unitary Workers’ Central; Sonia Leguizamón, from the General Workers’ Central; and Francisco Brítez, from the Paraguayan Workers’ Central.
