The drivers require compliance with the agreement achieved between the administration of the CP and the unionsconsidering that “the Government cannot want the merits of negotiation and then escape their responsibilities in the application“.
The driving strike led to noon to suppression of the circulation of 36.6% of trains, mostly as a reflection of Friday’s stoppage, with gradual standardization, as today’s strike is only levied on supplementary work.
O summoned a strike between this Saturday and Wednesday, covering only supplementary work, including work on a weekly rest day, after being, together with other sector unions, on total strike, without minimum services, between Wednesday and Friday (May 7 and 09), which resulted in the total stop of circulation.
According to CP data, in the most recent balance, Of the total of 339 trains scheduled between 00:00 and 12:00, 124 (36.6%) were suppressed)but of these, more than half (77) went to it until 08:00. Since then, until noon, the number of suppressions has dropped to 47.
The long course, which was the most affected career, and which saw nine of the 10 trains expected for the period between 00:00 and 08:00, begins to normalize, with seven trips, of the 13 scheduled between 08:00 and 12:00.
In this same period, the circulation of urban trains of Lisbon was already normalized, having made the 72 trips planned.
This updated balance also realizes that between 08:00 and 12:00 were scheduled 53 regional trains, of which 27 were suppressed, while among the urban, the suppression of 12 of the 42 of Porto, and two of the six of Coimbra was suppressed.
The President of the Dodder Union (SMAQ), António Domingues, explained to Lusa that “these assumptions are still a reflection of yesterday’s strike [sexta-feira] “and that the CP will replenish throughout the day” as the workers are presenting. ”
What do drowners require?
SMAQ requires the compliance with the agreement reached on April 24 between the administration of the CP and the unionsconsidering that “the Government cannot want the merits of negotiation and then escape their responsibilities in the application“.
A From Sunday starts a new stoppagealso until Wednesday, of the Railway Union of the Itinerant Commercial Review (SFRCI), of the Reviewers and Ticket Workers.
This strike is partial, taking place from 5:00 to 8:30 on Monday and Tuesday, and on Sunday and Wednesday the strike only affects long-course trains in a residual way, according to that union.
