Workers are called upon to support strikes from 6:30 am to 9:30 am and from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm; The drivers stop from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
labor unions ELA, CIM and UGT They have today, Wednesday, at 800 . called Employees of the Bilbao metro Second congestion from 6.30 am to 9.30 am and from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pmto demand progress in the collective bargaining agreement These new interrupts are added to those performed by the drivers of the metro, and that they are called to also today, Wednesday, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In a statement, ELA, CIM and UGT said negotiations on the agreement are “totally stalled and that the directorate is constantly changing working conditions for different groups, even worsening services”.
In addition to today’s work stoppages, the three union centers have warned that, if this continues, there will be another strike call for July 1, when Metro Bilbao’s train drivers are also called to stop, in this case at 7 a.m. at 9 a.m. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Metro Bilbao’s 200 machinists are holding strikes, called by the Semaf union, on Wednesdays and Fridays, since the 22nd, during rush hours, to demand that the company’s management “flee the ‘low-cost’ model being implemented, and focuses on the safety and professionalization of the steering committee”.
Semaf has denounced that “there is great discomfort among the drivers of Metro Bilbao, as the company wants to introduce measures from third world areas, such as having a ‘non-driver’ drive a train at any time to avoid the mismanagement that has led to a staff shortage”.
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Source: EITB
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