Criticism of Sant Cugat City Council over precarious funding for Jeroni de Moragas Workshop

The cooperative, which promotes the labor inclusion of people with disabilities, demands greater investment and political commitment from the local administration.

Mans treballant en un taller d'inclusió social, simbolitzant l'esforç i la dedicació de les cooperatives sense ànim de lucre.

Mans treballant en un taller d'inclusió social, simbolitzant l'esforç i la dedicació de les cooperatives sense ànim de lucre.

The Taller Jeroni de Moragas cooperative in Valldoreix, dedicated to the inclusion of people with disabilities, has criticized the lack of support and precarious resources provided by the Sant Cugat City Council.

The Taller Jeroni de Moragas, a non-profit cooperative with over fifty years of experience in Valldoreix, focuses on the social and labor inclusion of adults with intellectual disabilities, mental health disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. The organization emphasizes that its work, which centers on people, remains paradoxically invisible and precarious for many administrations.
The criticism targets the fact that the social services of the Sant Cugat City Council must lead, invest, and assume responsibilities, rather than merely applauding these initiatives. It is deemed unacceptable that in a city boasting wealth and quality of life, essential entities must struggle to maintain their activity with limited resources.

Inclusion cannot depend on goodwill or projects surviving based on heroic effort. It must be a political priority, with budget, planning, and monitoring.

The article highlights that Royal Legislative Decree 1/2013 mandates companies with over 50 employees to reserve 2% of their workforce for people with disabilities. However, many companies evade this obligation through legal loopholes, often due to administrative passivity, leading to demands for stricter enforcement.
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