Company Committee sources indicate that, as on Wednesday and the 22nd, at least 95% of Talleres workers are participating in the strike. The Workers’ Assembly has approved the extension of the strike day planned for next week to three days.
Euskaraz irakurri: Gasteizko Mercedes-Benzeko sindikatu guztiek deitu dute greba gaurko; jaripen masiboa i hope
all unions represented on the factory’s business committee Mercedes-Benz in Vitoria-Gasteiz call today, thursday, to the workers to a new day of strikeafter Wednesday’s, which was in principle convened by ELA, LAB and ESK, but which all power stations eventually joined.
Company Committee sources told Radio Euskadi this morning that, as on Wednesday and the 22nd, At least 95% of Talleres workers join the strike, while at the same time the Workers’ Assembly approved Wednesday to extend the planned strike day for next week to three days; so, if the corporate committee ratifies it on Monday, that strike will finally be extended from 6 to 8 Julycoinciding with the trip that de Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, will make to Stuttgart (Germany) to convey to Mercedes-Benz Management the support of the Basque government for the company’s proposed investment for the plant in the capital of Alava .
So there is every indication that the production of vans at the factory will again be completely stopped. The strike day also coincides with the convened across the metal sector, which also includes Mercedes Vitoria, in Álava and in Bizkaia. A demonstration is planned for next Thursday at 11:30 am.
Blockade in the negotiation of the agreement
Workers are called to strike before the block in the negotiation of the agreement As for the recent letter from the board to line managers, which reiterates the role of the staff in enabling “the investment of 1.2 billion” that Mercedes-Benz envisions “to be made at the factory”, union sources consulted by Europa Press have deplored and criticized that management says it is “unwilling to negotiate with workers’ representation while there are strikes, but is willing to do so through middle management”.
The unions denounce that, in addition to the rise in the flexibilitya condition set by Mercedes-Benz to carry out this investment, the management plans to implement wage cuts in the new agreement.
At the moment, for the first of the three strike days announced next month, on July 6, a demonstration is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the factory and a protest at 6:00 p.m. in Bilbao Square in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Regarding the new calendar approved by the Assembly, ELA sources have indicated they plan to take it to the Committee, meeting this Monday, for the “yes or yes” approval of that proposal to end the strikes. to three days: “We will seek the support of the entire committee, although we do not know what will happen,” they concluded.
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Source: EITB
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