Over the next six months, they will carry out tasks such as cleaning beaches, clearing brush and tidying up public roads, among other activities. The Basic Social Income programme, promoted through the municipal company Mijas Complementary Services, welcomed 38 new workers on Monday, who will spend the next six months cleaning beaches, clearing brush or cleaning up public roads and municipal buildings, among other tasks.
On their first day of work, the new beneficiaries attended an occupational risk prevention course at the Employment Promotion building in Las Lagunas, although beforehand they were welcomed by the mayor of Mijas, Josele González (PSOE), and the councillors for Mijas Servicios Complementarios, Laura Moreno (PSOE), and Arancha López (Cs). The mayor encouraged the group “to take advantage of the training provided to them here at Mijas Servicios Complementarios as well as the knowledge they acquire in the different services they will be working in, whether it be beaches, cleaning, clearing brush or gardening”.
Carlos Jiménez is one of the users who has joined the clearing team: “I will work for five hours in the mornings and I will try to do my best, to see if in the future I can get a job in this area”, he said. For her part, Carmen María Merino, who is repeating her experience in this programme, will be lending a hand in the municipal libraries “and I’m happy because I’m going to be busy for six months, it’s a very good opportunity for everyone who needs it”. Councillor Laura Moreno recalled that this employment plan “is especially necessary for people aged between 45 and 65, who have a harder time finding a job, so this type of contract helps them to finish their working life in the best conditions”. Fortunately, according to Arancha López, the number of applications to the Basic Income Programme has dropped considerably in the last two years, from more than 1,000 during the pandemic months to less than 500 in the last call for applications, “and from the Mijas Town Hall we will continue to support all those citizens who are going through difficult times and need this job opportunity, which also serves as a bridge to join the labour market later”.
The programme itself has also been improving in recent years, the mayor stressed on Monday, “and it has done so in terms of training, economic retribution, with new tools and vehicles to carry out their work, and with better coordination with the municipal departments that carry out these same services”. So far this year, 407 people have been hired in the Basic Income Programme and the company is working on a new call for next April, ahead of the start of the high tourist season.
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