Workers with 40 years of contributions may be retire before age 67

In the absence of agreement, the social issues raised amend its proposal to lengthen the working life. PP and CiU are in favor of encouraging more long careers trading the retirement age.

The proposal to delay the retirement age to 67 years not only has run into union opposition, but also to the rejection of all the parliamentary groups of the Toledo Pact. Therefore, the Socialists (representatives of the government proposal in the Commission of the Covenant) tienennuevas ideas for extending working life, according to congressional sources say. The option to study the Socialists is that workers who have contributed 40 years to the public pension system will not have to wait until the legal retirement age (67 years if it can delay or 65 if the deal fails) to collect the delivery of retirement afirmanfuentes close to Labour.

However, the PSOE will not give up its proposal to extend the retirement age, but in the Toledo Pact talks raise the reflection that makes camera: "It's an outrage that people who have over 40 years of contributions continue working until age 67. We have to find a solution for these people. "

With this approach, the aforementioned parliamentary sources say that the Socialists want to negotiate to reduce the reduction coefficient that penalizes workers who retire before age 65 with a long working life listed. Of course, the retirement age is not mandatory. But today, any worker who retires with less than 65 years, regardless of who has contributed 20 to 40 years, we apply a reduction coefficient to its board of 8 percent per year until it reaches the legal retirement age.

That is, in the current pension system is valued more than a worker has contributed for the last few years of working life from 50 to 65, who has done so for over 40 years.

PP and CiU, to favorEl Popular Party and the Catalan Group are in favor of this proposal. Both consider necessary priority to workers who have long careers trading. Both groups reject the proposal to delay the retirement age to 67 years, but while the PP is in favor of maintaining the legal retirement age at 65, CiU favors that only take into account the years of contributions and disappears legal age of reference.

The government knows it needs the support of the majority groups, especially PP yCiU to push through reform. Therefore, the Labour Minister Celestino Corbacho, along with Secretary of State for Social Security, Octavio Granado, met last Thursday with the Catalans and popular representatives to exchange views and to realize a common agenda. At the meeting it was decided that negotiations to reform the system would begin after the appearance of the minister in the parliamentary committee of the Toledo Pact, which will occur on 22 February. Corbacho also took the opportunity to transfer to the parliamentary groups that is necessary to reach an agreement before the end of this term.

Once agreed sindicalesUna demonstrations reform with political groups, the government should negotiate with the social partners and in this area does not have all the cards with you. The unions CCOO and UGT materialized yesterday mobilizations calendar made against the delay in retirement age. On 23 February will be the great day of union protest. Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia will go on the street that day, it was announced yesterday the leaders of CCOO and UGT. In the presentation of the protests, the CCOO leader Ignacio Fernandez Toxo said is 'reckless' cause alarm with Social Security.

Despite the demonstrations, the Labour Minister said yesterday that he sees threatening social dialogue because of the demonstrations.