The Socialist councilor Elizabeth Casalduero announced that "the Socialist Municipal Group will add to the announcement made yesterday Councilwoman Cartagena Finance, People's Party, to request that city officials are paid a 25% surcharge Christmas. "
Casalduero explained that "the argument to this request is that the period of calculation of this supplement begins on June 1, when the measure was adopted Rajoy earlier this month, allowing avoid cutting extra pay 25% ".
Lorca The mayor stressed that "the suppression of Christmas overtime pay is a measure unjust and ineffective with which we disagree and ask the government to withdraw it. It seems unfair because it falls on public service workers who have been the cause of this crisis, which already have been asked many earlier efforts, which mostly have very little income. E ineffective because it will have a strong negative impact on consumption, harming SMEs will lower VAT collection and contribute to job losses. "
Finally, Isabel Casalduero wanted to clarify that "our request includes exclusively to municipal officials. At no time going to ask that it also applies to councilors or municipal officials."
Source: PSOE Lorca