The platform that pushed for the March mobilizations yesterday consulted its employees if they again cease their activity due to the rise in costs
Fuels are at an all-time high and carriers are suffering the consequences. Petrol yesterday marked an average price of 2.13 euros per liter, while diesel reached 2.10 euros, so the government subsidy of 20 cents has been diluted, especially for this sector that mobilized in March and the food distribution in certain parts of the country paralyzed.
For this reason, Manuel Hernández, the president of the Platform for the Defense of Transport and the leader of the strikes, assured a few days ago three months ago, a few days ago that if the government did not remedy this situation, they would be forced to “stop the strike that was suspended on April 2. In statements to LA VERDAD, Hernández explained that if the government’s promises are not fulfilled — including the law prohibiting hiring transport services at a loss — the platform will revert to “infinite unemployment.” So although the government approved the new anti-crisis plan this Saturday, which includes the postponement of social security contributions to the transport sector and the extension of the bonus of 20 cents per liter of fuel, Hernández insisted that the solution to this situation “will not come through subsidies”. , but through a “fundamental amendment of the law”.
The threat is no joke. Yesterday, the Platform discussed with its employees in all its provincial delegations whether they would resume the mobilizations. At the time of going to press, the result of the vote was not yet known, but if so, the reactivation of the strike would take place in July. The day has yet to be decided as they have given the College a deadline of June 30 to get a response to their claims.
In the context of the strike that took place in March, the Ministry of Transport has pledged to pass a law before July 30 banning work at a loss, based on the principles of the already existing food chain law, for what could be another month.
In any case, they explain from the sector that the decision to work loss-making lies with each of the carriers who decide to provide a service to a customer at an already agreed price. But due to competition between companies, orders are taken that are not profitable with current fuel prices.
For its part, the National Committee for Road Transport (CNTC), the highest representative body of the sector, sent a letter to the ministry last week asking for more aid to the sector, such as increasing the fuel subsidy to 40 percent. cents per liter or the extension of direct aid to carriers. On the other hand, for the time being, they are not considering calling a strike that the agri-food sector has already warned would be “unaffordable”.
“The agri-food chain could not resist another transport strike,” agricultural and business organizations said in the same statement last week. “We express the utmost concern about the serious consequences that another strike could have for businesses and consumers,” they said. Above all, they warn against the fruit harvest campaign, where a large part of the production is destined for other countries and stopping road transport would mean a loss of prestige and export destinations.
About a hundred transport professionals from the region gathered in front of the doors of the headquarters of the Regional Federation of Transport Organizations (Froet) yesterday to assess their position in the face of a possible strike, announced today. During the meeting, the new delegate of the National Transport Platform in Murcia, Ester Sampietro, emphasized that they are facing a difficult situation where there is no room for intermediate positions. “If he becomes unemployed, it will be with all its consequences. This second strike either we all go through the front door or we all go to hell,” he said in statements collected by Onda Regional de Murcia.
Sampietro has explained some of the novelties of the bill to the called up carriers, whose aim is that they have no economic losses for their work. The text will go to the Congress of Deputies on July 31 and would come into force in September. The result of the meeting will be known today, once the votes cast yesterday throughout Spain and secretly sent to Madrid, according to the same sources. A decision will be made there and the national officials will be informed of their decision.
Source: La Verdad
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