Prime Minister António Costa said on Monday he hoped to “speed up” the process of negotiating an income competitiveness agreement with the social partners.
“We have programmed with the social partners to expedite the process of negotiations on an income competitiveness agreement. After the package of measures approved today in this program “Family First”, we will negotiate this agreement with the social partners,” Antoniou said. Costa during a press conference on the measures approved by the government this Monday at an extraordinary Council of Ministers aimed at combating the effects of inflation, when asked about the ability to comply with next year’s national minimum wage increase. .
The prime minister said he had “hope” that it would be possible to “negotiate the rate of wage growth in all legislatures” to “achieve this goal” and that this “would lead to an improvement in what is work.” fairness, and also helps to increase the competitiveness of companies.”
On Monday, the government announced a €2.4 billion family support package to mitigate the impact of rising costs of living on income.
This new package will add to the €1.6bn of support already provided since the start of this year.
Meanwhile, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has already put into effect a government decree establishing exceptional measures to support families.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
