ELA, LAB and ESK are calling for a full day of strike on Wednesday, which has started with some picket actions at the factory. Before Thursday the 30th, all unions that are part of the Company Committee are calling for a strike.
Euskaraz irakurri: Lanuzte-eguna Gasteizko Mercedesen, hiru sindikatuk deituta, osteguneko greba bateratuaren bezperan
ELA, LAB and ESK second this wednesday full day unemployment in the factory Mercedes-Benz in Vitoria-GasteizThat precedes the unitary strike convened by all unions that are part of the Company Committee for Thursday the 30th This Wednesday protest by ELA, LAB and ESK, as well as the unitary strikes on June 30 and July 6, take place in the context of the negotiations on the new collective bargaining agreement; while, the Basque government reiterates its confidence that the employees and the company will overcome their disagreements with the dialogue
Wednesday morning there were a few pickets at the entrance of the factory. According to the unions calling for the strike, the follow-up of the strike is 95% in Workshops, ie similar to that of the last day 22, when production in the factory was stopped.
In this regard, the talks are conditioned by the announcement by Mercedes Management of a possible investment of 1.2 billion euros in the Alava plant, an economic injection that the company sets conditions for employees who accept more work flexibility.
The unions, which have already called a strike and mass mobilizations on June 22, also denounce that, in addition to the aforementioned increase in flexibility, the management intends to apply wage cuts in the new agreement.
Confidence of the Basque government in dialogue and negotiation
At the same time, the spokesman for the Basque government, Bingen Zupiria, reiterated his confidence on Tuesday that Mercedes and company employees overcome their differences through dialogue and negotiation In addition, he recalled that the presence of Mercedes is “strategic” for Euskadi, which is why the Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, will travel to Germany to support his new investment.
Urkullu will meet in July in Stuttgart (Germany) with the CEO of Mercedes Benz to transfer the support of the Basque government to the investment project proposed by the multinational for its Vitoria-Gasteiz plant; Zupiria has insisted that the Executive respect the decisions taken by the various company committees on behalf of the Mercedes workers, referring to the mobilizations and strikes it has organized, and has not wanted to make “any reading” of the coincidence of the date of the workers’ strike for July 6, the day Urkullu travels to Germany.
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Source: EITB
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