The staff decided in a meeting to reject the preliminary agreement reached this week by the Biobide company and the unions UGT, CCOO and USO, the majority in the committee. The preliminary agreement did not receive the support of ELA and LAB.
Bilbobus employees decided in a meeting to reject the preliminary agreement reached this week by the Biobide company and the unions. UGT, CCOO and USEmajority in the committee, so this Friday they will continue with the indefinite strike, which was suspended last Tuesday to the prior agreement and continue voting today, as reported by the works committee.
The previous agreement established a temporary validity until 2027, with a salary increase in 2025, 2026 and 2027, referring to the increase that employees of the administration of the Basque Autonomous Community have in those years.
This prior agreement did not have the support of other unions, such as ALS and LABwho have criticized the fact that salary increases are not included based on the annual CPI and that the reference of these increases depends on the salary increase in the public service.
After the conclusion of this preliminary agreement, the indefinite strike that Bilbobus workers have been engaged in since April 9 was suspended this Tuesday and Wednesday with the aim of explaining the terms of the agreement to the staff and proceeding to a vote in the meeting.
After the results of the vote that was held all day today and to which they were called 650 employeesthe staff will continue the strike indefinitely this Friday.
From the concessionaire company, Biobide, after learning that the provisional agreement has been rejected by Bilbobus staff, has indicated that the strike will continue indefinitely next Friday “with 30% of the minimum services”.
The Federation of Associations of Bilbao demands a service ‘without intermediaries’ and calls for demonstrations
For its part, the Federation of Bilbao Associations has shown its solidarity with the Bilbobus staff and expressed its support for the indefinite strike they have carried out since April 9 last year to a ‘fair’ collective agreementwhile they have demanded a Bilbobus service managed directly by the city council, “without intermediaries.”
In a statement, the Bilbao neighborhood movement said that the municipal government “cannot and should not wash hands “in light of a labor dispute in a public service that affects a large part of Bilbao’s citizens, in addition to the staff themselves.”
After ensuring that the municipal government “has been aware of this situation for two years,” he denounced that “it seems unwilling to take action on this matter to try to find viable solutions and thus reach an agreement reach that would lead to the strike and termination of recovery service.
Finally, they have called on all neighborhoods to participate in the demonstration that will take place May 23 from Zabalburu Square to demand “the much-requested and necessary restructuring of the lines and that Bilbobus be managed directly by the city council, without intermediary companies.”
Source: EITB
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