Spain: trade unions of Basque Country and Navarre call for negotiation of a minimum wage specific to their region

Those pushing for this legislative change point out that the aim of the minimum wage is to serve as a guarantee and protection for all employees in areas of activity where collective agreements do not establish more favourable wage references. They note that the SMI must act as a “mechanism for the distribution of wealth and social cohesion, reducing the number of people below the poverty line”. But the problem, they say, is that the wage level set in the Spanish state is “a long way from guara