The works council that manages Villavesa has announced a demonstration on July 5
On the eve of the start of the sanfermines, the committee, composed of UGT, CCOO, ELA, LAB and ATTU, has this afternoon called for a mobilisation that will travel the streets of the Navarre capital to participate in "the defence of public transport workers".
With regard to the first day, the committee has stressed its "determination and weariness in the face of the negotiation of the convention that ended in 2023 "and has stressed that the strike has been followed" on a massive scale ". The majority of workers supported the protest in the referendum and rejected the latest proposal from the management.
Workers are calling for an annual reduction in working hours (not updated for 15 years) inorder, among other things, to guarantee the right to conciliation and to update wages withthe CPI. A is calling for the recovery of 5.38% of the salary lost as a result of the 2008 financial crisis; for the treatment of medical leave to be improved; for the increase in night and holiday pluses; and for the limitation of working hours.
The first day of strike caused delays, people waiting in marquees and villaves full of cutting-edge hours, but the concern is what will happen if they don't reach an agreement before San Fermín. The unions have asked the management of the contracting company Moventis TCC to take steps after four months without negotiations.
A During the four days of the Sanfermines txupinazo, the Pamplona Commonwealth will mediate to reach an agreement in extremis.
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