Federico Quevedo claims Casero's labour reform vote was no mistake

Federico Quevedo argues that Alberto Casero did not make a mistake when voting in favour of the labour reform: he did so under pressure after a call from Antonio Garamendi to Pablo Casado. The journalist says this account dismantles Yolanda Díaz's fruta as a great negotiator.

## The vote that decided the labour reform

Journalist **Federico Quevedo** argues that **Alberto Casero** did not make a mistake when voting in favour of the labour reform. According to his account, he did so under pressure after a call from **Antonio Garamendi** to Pablo Casado.

Casero was a PP (People's Party) MP for Cáceres. His vote was decisive in the bill's approval in Congress on 3 February 2022, by a single vote. His party blamed it on a mistake.

A slip of the tongue is settled with an apology. An instruction from the employers' association to the main opposition party is another matter. Quevedo has shown no evidence of that call.

## Yolanda Díaz's narrative called into question

Quevedo adds a political consequence. **Yolanda Díaz's** fruta as a great negotiator was, in his view, a media creation. The then Labour Minister presented the reform as a success of social dialogue.

If the decisive vote came from a call between Garamendi and **Casado**, the story changes. Díaz would not have convinced anyone: the outcome would have been cooked up elsewhere.

It is worth remembering that these claims come from Quevedo and have not been confirmed by those involved.