Gasteiz city bus workers resumed partial strikes on Monday between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. In the afternoon they received a new offer from the city council, which a priori seemed “meagre”. Workers will analyze the proposal tomorrow.
He first partial stoppage of the year in Vitoria-Gasteiz city busesAccording to the works council, Tuvisa has achieved “total support” among drivers, while the municipal council estimates this at 73%.
Only minimal services circulate between 5 a.m. and 9 a.mAccording to works council sources, that is 30% of the buses scheduled on a working day. The committee reported this during that four-hour period Not a single bus that was not part of the above services left the Tuvisa depots. minimums.
For its part, Tuvisa has assured that of the 72 drivers who were supposed to work today, 52 have gone on strike and that, including other services and administrative staff, of the 99 people who were supposed to work in the company, in total, 55 of them stopped, causing the monitoring of unemployment, which disregards minimum provisions, to be recorded at 73%.
Next Monday’s mobilization is the first of a series of strikes also from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that month. If no agreement is reached, these partial strikes will be declared during the period every weekday in February and if the conflict continues the committee is prepared to go to a indefinite total strike from March 3.
In any case, both Tuvisa management and the committee have expressed their opinions willingness to reach an agreement and for this purpose, This afternoon the city council presented a new proposal to the unions.
Commission sources explained to EITB Media that the new proposal is a priori “limited”but they will explain that tomorrow The strike committee will meet at 9:30 am to further analyze the content. and make a decision.
Origin of the conflict
Employees have been complaining about the deterioration of service and working conditions for months. The committee, consisting of three delegates from ELA and UGT, two from USO, ESK and CCOO, and one from LAB, demands “avoiding the loss of online buses, reversing the privatizations in Tuvisa, negotiating a new employment contract, which includes effective working day registration and publication in the BOTHA of all agreements made with the social part.” “We demand the health of Tuvisa employees and the improvement of services, both in terms of quality and safety,” they explained.
Employees Partial strikes began on December 5 Some defend these demands at four o’clock in the morning Strikes that, according to the unions, are supported by 100% of the working population and 72% according to the municipal council. This was followed by two more days of four-hour strikes on December 11 and 18 and two 24-hour strikes on December 19 and 21.
After an initial offer from the city council last week, the workers’ meeting received broad support continue with the mobilization calendar If there is no better offer. After next Monday’s proposal, we will have to see what decision the workers make.
Source: EITB
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