The mayor of Bilbao considers this increase as “good news” in the face of a “pointless strike”. Bilbobus staff began an indefinite strike on April 9 to demand salary increases agreed with the company.
The Basque Government’s Ministry of Labor and Employment has increased minimum Bilbobus services by 20% on lines that do not have an alternative route or are intended for health centers. Staff began an indefinite strike on April 9 to demand salary increases agreed with the company.
The Basque executive has indicated that when adopting this measure, the entry and exit times of work and school centers were taken into account.
The ministry’s resolution was adopted after Biobide, the company providing the service, requested an extension of the minimum services in Bilbobus, which deemed it necessary to change the minimum services of 30% of the regular program.
Following this, the Ministry of Labor points out that the rights of citizens to “receive the necessary assistance to protect health, or to go to the workplace” should not be considered unprotected “against the legitimate exercise of the right to strike” and is of believes that the decrease in minimum services in areas far from the center places citizens in a “situation of inequality compared to the rest”.
Likewise, the order indicates that the extension of the strike is due to the failed negotiations on an agreement, and that “there is no precedent for such a long strike on the Bilbao bus service.”
Aburto, satisfied with the increase in minimum services despite “a pointless strike”
The mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, has stated that the increase in minimum services in Bilbobus is “good news”, especially for the residents of Bilbao’s upper districts, who “do not have alternative transport and are suffering from the damage”. of a senseless strike”, while he believes that it is “time to resume negotiations” between the company and the unions.
The mayor has indicated that the council’s commitment “has always been that we would fight for minimum services”, and therefore assured that they are “very happy” that the Basque government “has understood it this way”.
Source: EITB
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