UGT and CCOO claim decent pensions, quality care and end of ageism
Within the acts by the International day of the elderly, that is celebrated this October 1, the unions UGT and CCOO They have concentrated before the Congress of Deputies, in Madrid, to deliver a joint manifesto, in which they focus on defending the rights of the elderly. They demand an adequate system of ATTENTION TO THE DEPENDENCE That, in his opinion, he should guarantee “a decent and autonomous life” to the elderly with support needs, without forgetting the implementation of decent pensions or the fight against age.
Both unions have denied the “supposed intergenerational conflict”, that in recent weeks it seems to have been agitated in various media, and that the Minister of Social Security has even denyed, Elma Saiz.
Among the UGT members Present in the delivery of the manifesto in the Congress Registry, the Executive Secretary of UGT have been, Cristina Estévezand the general secretary of the Union of Retirees and Pensioners of the Union, Anatolio Díez.
During their participation in this claim, unitary, Estévez and Díez have claimed the maintenance of some decent, public and sustainable pensions, guaranteed by law.
-UJP-UGT Spain (@ujp_ugt) October 1, 2025
“Public policies that protect the major”
On the part of CCOO, they have attended the act held before Congress Carlos Bravo, Secretary of Public Policies and Social Protection, and Julián Sepúlveda, General Secretary of the Federation of Pensioners of CCOO, among other union members.
All those attending the concentration before the Parliament have claimed that the political parties legislate with “Sufficient and quality public policies For the elderly. ”
For both unions, “far from receiving deserved recognition”, older people suffer “Realities of abandonment, discrimination and precariousness” that put the current welfare status model at risk.
🔴 October 1: International Day of the Elderly
We demand in the Congress of Deputies sufficient and quality public policies for the elderly
“The intergenerational conflict is false, used against pensioners and that makes us the … pic.twitter.com/rvxubs29to
– CCOO DE MADRID (@CCoomadrid) October 1, 2025
Another of the claims is the Dependency Attention System that, in the opinion of the concentrates in Congress, it should guarantee “a dignified and autonomous life” To the elderly with support needs, without forgetting the implementation of decent pensions or the fight against ageism.
They also require for the elderly to guarantee the access to adequate housing o Effective measures against ageism. The unions see “essential” the implementation of a State Law on Defense and Guarantee of the Rights of the Elderly that recognizes and guarantees rights and articulating public policies with a human rights approach, gender and diversity
