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The candidate of the United Left-Greens for mayor of Murcia, Esther Herguedas, today accused the government team to promote local employment "precarious" to have recruited about 500 people by the formula of social partnership.

Herguedas explained that this contract is for unemployed who are not recognized as "any kind of labor law" and are regarded as workers, whether in work, still running the entitlement period of unemployment benefits.

"The council is only to supplement their income to the minimum wage or meet the regulatory base," said the candidate, noting that this contract is to fill positions of workers in parks and gardens, ordinances and administrative assistants.

He has also denounced the situation of employees of contractors that subscribes to the council as Alquibla company, which has concessions in municipal and regional libraries and museums.

In this regard, said that employees of this company are doing work of librarians 35 hours a week, charging 600 euros a month, and payments are being delayed 2 and months.

In addition, Herguedas said that privatization of services does not encourage job creation, and gave as an example the case of the company of serene Murcia, who receives almost 1.8 million euros, of which only 40 percent is for salaries.

Therefore, defended the municipal governance through the recovery of privatized enterprises and the promotion of quality public employment and the reduction in temporary and overtime.

In cases where contractors are used, has backed the establishment of social safeguard clauses so as to priority in contracts to small businesses and local self, and developing employment policies for women, youth and people at risk of exclusion.

For its part, the candidate number 4 IU-Greens for the municipality of Murcia, has said that the municipality has made an "absolute dereliction of their duties" in employment, while it has secured the production model of monoculture brick and the proliferation of large area "has created a job" precarious and temporary. "

Source: IURM