translated from Spanish: SNA President said there are people who are not going to work “because they receive government bonds.”

The president of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA), Ricardo Ariztía, amid social discontent over the economic measures taken by the Executive by the Covid-19 crisis, asserted that there are people who are missing work “because they receive government bonds”. In a conversation with Radio Futuro, Ariztía stated that “I live in the agricultural sector, work with hundreds of workers and know the subject, but I have been in an agricultural activity, where it has been declared essential, so there has been work, and there is a lack of people who do not get to work because they receive government bonds.” I’m telling you that clearly, because the same people looking for a job explain it. If the government is putting the bonds on me, why am I going to go out to work,” he added. The SNA helmsman also maintained that this is “the style and idiosyncrasies of the Chilean worker and must be respected. It’s a lifestyle of our people and against that we have nothing to do.” The style is, if you receive a bonus, possibly similar to what you receive as a salary, even though the salary is higher, you have the option of not working and you don’t. Or you have the option to work informally, work informally,” he added. Finally, he said that “we made the president look for bond alternatives that the worker motivates himself to work with, because otherwise we’re going to keep a bond system and the state’s money is running out. It’s reaching levels of indebtedness that we weren’t used to.”

Original source in Spanish