translated from Spanish: Swett and 40-hour project: “We see with concern that you do not want to listen to the real sector”

The president of the Confederation of Production and Trade (CPC), Alfonso Swett, said he felt “shock” about the announcement that the 40-hour project was ahead for Monday, September 2. In an interview with EmolTV, the business leader said they see “with great concern that the real sector is not wanted to be heard.” On the progress of the project, Swett assured that “no one asked us how this affected us.” In addition, the entrepreneur stated that “they close the door to us to say ‘we give the same what the workers want to talk about, with the entrepreneurs, large and small, we do not want to hear them, we are not interested in their opinion, and we vote on Monday’. That seems extremely serious to us, a country that does not want to dialogue, that does not want to listen, is deeply harmful.” Swett added to his critics communist meathers Camila Vallejo and Karol Cariola, stating that they “left the university full of theories and entered Congress, never in their lives have worked in a company.” In addition, he said that the article he added to the working day the collation is also a point of discussion.” The project starts with article 21 which basically says ‘delete the adverb effectively’, that is very complex, and we find it even more complex than the 40 hours, and this nobody is talking about. Because the day could indeed be reduced… basically the delivery time is included in the day, that takes us from 40 to 35. We can finish in 30 hours and that’s brutality,” he explained. 

Original source in Spanish