The provisional agreement between the Biobide company and the commission was reached yesterday by a union majority, to end the indefinite strike that Bilbobus employees have been engaged in since April 9. ELA and LAB opposed it and asked employees to vote against it.
Company Biobide and the works council member They arrived yesterday at a principle of prior agreement for finish with the indefinite strike that maintains the Bilbobus template from April 9, from Monday to Friday.
Biobide explained that during the last negotiating table meeting, after several offers and counter-offers, he finally accepted the last proposal from the social side. Reached by a union majority, the preliminary agreement must be ratified today at Meeting of Bilbobus workers as far as he is concerned The Bilbao City Council.
According to union sources, voting will take place in the morning and afternoon. UGT, CCOO and USO have a union majority.
Rejection of ALS and LAB
For their part, the ELA and LAB unions have already expressed their rejection of its content, among other reasons for “not guaranteeing” the purchasing power of workers, and have defended the continuation of the strike. Both have urged workers to vote against the proposal.
ELA stated in a note that the prior agreement “subjects future salary increases to the decisions of the public service” and “does not address the solution to the uncertain recruitment faced by Bilbobus employees.”
LAB expressed itself in a similar sense in another statement. The Abertzale union has indicated that the company “does not guarantee” the recovery of purchasing power lost by the labor force or the CPI and believes that the content “does not differ practically from the previous preliminary agreement put to the vote and on which the workers’ unions rejected.”
Agreed measures
As agreed, the salary increase for the almost 600 Bilbobus employees will be related to the increase applied in the public service.
According to CCOO sources, a salary increase equal to that of the public service plus 4% has been agreed for 2022 and 2023. The increase for the public sector has also been agreed for 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Among other measures, the union majority and the company have also agreed to improve the situation of staff in the most precarious situation. The staff that worked 62% part-time will become full-time and some temporary staff will start to fill “the 62% gap”, they said.
If the workers’ meeting accepts what has been agreed, the strike that started more than two months ago would be called off, but otherwise it would continue.
Source: EITB
I’m Wayne Wickman, a professional journalist and author for Today Times Live. My specialty is covering global news and current events, offering readers a unique perspective on the world’s most pressing issues. I’m passionate about storytelling and helping people stay informed on the goings-on of our planet.
