The workers demand the extension of an agreement and “negotiate improvements in working conditions”. This strike could jeopardize the opening of the summer swimming pools that depend on Bilbao City Council.
The group of gardeners responsible for the sports facilities of Bilbao Kirolakbelonging to the provide companystarts this monday a indefinite strike.
As reported by LAB, a year and a half has passed since a proposal was launched for “negotiate improvements in working conditions and thus to be able to get ahead in the equalization compared to the rest of the municipal gardeners”.
The union is demanding improvements in an agreement that “It’s been 16 years without renewaland the company’s only response was to propose a significant reduction in these terms”.
Consequently, the workers will go on strike, which means, as LAB warned, “a serious risk regarding the adequacy of the condition of the swimming pools summer schools that depend on the opening date of the Bilbao City Council, which also jeopardizes their opening itself”.
Source: EITB
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