Between 06:30 and 09:30, the first interruption of the second day of strike was carried out in Metro Bilbao. This afternoon there will be another three-hour strike between 6.30pm and 9.30pm. ELA has described this morning’s strike as successful and is maintaining mobilizations in the afternoon.
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the workers of Bilbao Metro will be called again to the second today, Friday stoppage during rush hour Specifically, the strikes are called by the trade unions ELA, CIM and UGT.
The first three-hour strike has already taken place this morning, between 6.30 am and 9.30 amand the 6.30 pm and 9.30 pm the second will take place. As on Wednesday, the interruptions are added to those called by the Spanish train drivers unionin this case, have stopped 7am to 9am and stops again from 7pm to 9pm.
In this context, Metro Bilbao recommended its users to plan their trips for today and sent them to its website to learn about timetables.
As he recalled, this is the second day of partial strikes called by the ELA, CIM and UGT unions “as a form of pressure in the negotiation of the new collective agreement”. Metro Bilbao has assured the company that it is “keeping the negotiating table open” and has complained about “the effects that the unilateral stance of the power stations could have on the service, which decided to call off the strikes before the company’s proposal for an agreement” .
Metro Bilbao also recalled that the company and the unions held a new meeting on Thursday, “to try to reconcile positions” with the callers of the strikes.
“Successful shutdown”, according to ELA
The trade union ELA, organizer of the strike, described this morning’s strike as “successful”, stating that “despite the minimal service, the follow-up has been extensive”, and the organization is “satisfied with the response of the template ” .
However, they add that the management of Metro Bilbao “has not changed its attitude. It continues without guaranteeing the purchasing power of the staff, thus blocking the negotiations”. So it maintains its mobilizations.
The staff will support another strike this afternoon from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm and next Tuesday, July 5 at 11:00 am they will hold a demonstration in front of the Metro offices, on Calle Navarra in Bilbao in defense of the agreement; convened together with the trade unions CIM and UGT.
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Source: EITB
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