New strike day of Bilbobus staff this Monday, for the extension of the agreement

The co-workers of Bilbobus This Monday they are supporting another day of strike demanded the extension of their agreement with a strike 24 hours.

After the strike days of the 18th and 20th, next Monday will be the third strike of this month. 24-hour strikes ending on Wednesday, April 27, which, if no progress is made in negotiations, will give way to an indefinite strike starting on April 9.

For now they will offer it on Monday minimal services this will affect the frequency and timetables of the lines.

The main reason for these protests is that the employee agreement from the concessionaire of the municipal bus service of the Bilbao City Council expired in 2021since the year in which their salaries were frozen.

A few weeks ago, Nora Abete, Councilor for Mobility and Sustainability of the Bilbao City Council, acknowledged that employees are “legitimately demanding a salary increase” because “their salaries have been frozen since 2021”, but assured that they are still They have not been able to find a formula with sufficient “legal guarantees and legal support” to resolve the conflict in Bilbobus. After pointing out that the Collective labor agreement with employees extended until 2021 and since then there has been no renewal of the employees’ salary table. Abete stated that the company “provides the service as stipulated and pays the employees what they agreed to.”

The council member added that the problem is that the company is telling them it cannot take “a new salary increase” because “this would mean a strong economic imbalance in the contract and its economic bankruptcy.”