The votes of the associations associated with the Platform for the Defense of Transport were 41% in favor of the strike and 45% against
The carriers will not implement the announced shutdowns for the time being. The result of the vote held this Sunday by the associations associated with the Platform for the Defense of the Transport Sector – which pushed for the mobilizations last March – was 41% in favor of the strike compared to 45% against, in addition to 14% abstentions. That is why the carriers are choosing the route of negotiation with the government before paralyzing freight transport again, as happened three months ago.
In this way, they decide to wait and see what the government proposes so that the law that prohibits them from working at a loss, the major problem of the sector, is implemented, the platform sources assure. “Due to a very tight result, the carriers decide not to reactivate the strike at this time and to enter into negotiations on the development of the law, with the Platform participating in it as a fundamental part and representative of the basic sector,” said they. explain in a statement.
Negotiations with the government they negotiated before the vote, when they – they confirm – received a call from a spokesman for the Ministry of Transport who convened them for an urgent meeting to deliver the draft bill that would rental of losses in transport prohibits. And his commitment is that before July 31, the final text will be prepared after negotiations with the representatives of the platform and the legal processing of it will start.
Source: La Verdad
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