Euclides Carrillo is the executive secretary of Cáritas Ecuador. With the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker – this May 1 – he reflected on the importance of this day in an interview with ADN Celam.
A holiday established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to remember the figure of the artisan, adoptive father of Jesus, patron of workers and protector of the Church, for this reason, Carrillo remembered that the life of this Saint was given to the family, a task that he carried out with care and obedience .
“Saint Joseph teaches us to be second in everything, never occupy first positions. It teaches us that, in silence, God’s dream becomes present and in his same dream, Saint Joseph, puts God first by obeying in everything,” he added.
The priest recalled that all jobs are worthy, especially when “we seek to serve and love others, far from easy economic ambitions and the search for power that leads us to be selfish, to seek first positions and forget the plan of God”.
From his humility and honesty “it teaches us that bread is more bread when it is brought to the table by the sweat of the brow.”, with his calloused hands and with the fatigue of each day. “Saint Joseph, with his humble and honest work.”
Strengthen legal security
Ecuador is going through a serious crisis of security and violence, however, Carrillo believes that labor policy in the country has made great progress, such as, for example, the brake on the constitutional reform that sought to implement hourly hiring: “70% of Ecuadorians said no.”
He also asked the Government to “strengthen legal security for foreign and national investments,” in particular, to make more flexible “the creation of small businesses filled with so much bureaucracy that it discourages those who wish to invest.”
“You must recognize companies as an ally, not treat them as enemies, since it is the companies that generate, with their investments, decent jobs,” he said.
For this reason, he assured that when there is no decent workor “forms of slavery occur and this slavery often begins in the home when machismo or feminism is imposed who doesn’t know how to cook everything he does.”
For example, think about those women dedicated to domestic work, which “is unpaid, they dedicate more than 12 hours a day, without days of rest and without recognition,” which is why she called on society to “recognize this work of million women,” because “ignoring it would be a form of violence.”
Photo: Caritas Ecuador
