Last day of CP stoppage is the least impact. But in early June already starts a strike at Carris, which affects Saint Anthony.
The drivers and the reviewers of the CP today the last day of strike In defense of salary increases and collective bargaining, a stoppage that has generated several constraints to circulation.
The strikes convened by several CP unions began on May 7 and extend to this day.
Workers claim salary increases, the implementation of a restructuring agreement of salary tables and the defense of collective bargaining.
The last day of partial strike led to Suppression of 59 Comboios of the 250 programmed Between 00:00 and 08:00, most trains regional, According to CP.
The regional trains were the most affected and 31 of the 67 programmed were suppressed. In the long school, of the 13 planned seven calls were made, according to data sent by CP – Comboios de Portugal to the agency Lusa.
In the urban links of Lisbon were fulfilled all connections Predicted (111) and in Porto were canceled 17 of the 52 scheduled trains.
Contacted by Lusa, Luís Bravo, from SFRCI – Railway Union of the traveling commercial review, which summoned the partial four -day strike, between 05:00 and 08:30 said that the adhesion to the stoppage was 100%, having only been fulfilled the 25% of minimum stipulated by the Arbitral Tribunal.
“Today, only a few effects on long-haul trains are expected. urban will be normalized”Louis Bravo said.
According to the unionist, the strike well demonstrated the indignation of workers in the fight against low wages.
Over the past week, CP – Comboios de Portugal has been warning of the disturbances generated by these strikes.
Strike Carris
The National Union of Drivers and other workers announced a strike in the Carris, partial between June 2 and 6and 24 hours in June 12in protest by impasse in negotiations with the company.
In a statement, the National Union of Drivers and other workers (SNMOT) said it will call a strike at Carris Highway Carrier, from June 2 to 6, Monday to Friday, two hours at the beginning and end of each service, and 24 hours on June 12.
The union structure explained that the agreement on Salary Updates It would not imply the closure of the negotiating process and, together with the company, would constitute “working groups with a view, namely, to reduce working hours in a phase to the 35 hours per week”.
According to SNMOT, it had already been able to reduce the provision of effective work to about 37 hours and 30 minutes per week“This was only assumed by all involved in this process some time later”, with the first meeting of the working group created to reduce effective work to the 35 hours per week.
However, Carris, after the union’s request to provide data in order to present “Proposals The most reliable possible and achievable by the company, ”did not.
“Unlike others, SNMOT does not want to wait for the company’s proposals to then criticize or reject them” and “intend to do” the “which has already done with the reduction of effective work from 40 hours to 37 hours and 30 minutes”, refers to that “will remain a proactive and non-passive or reactive union.”
The trade union structure stressed that the company knows the result of the previous Plenary held in Miraflores (Oeiras), in which the workers mandated SNMOT to “summon a strike for the festive period of the city of Lisbon (Santo António) If there was no evolution ”in the process.
Carris, added Snmot, “seems to ignore all the warnings given by the workers and intends – once again – not to fulfill their own appointments,” such as that it would propose a date for the next meeting between May 5 and 9, which has incurred without “any justification”, demonstrating the “respect that workers deserve to them.”
With the marking of the strike, in accordance with the mandate received, the union considered that it may be that “the company begins to respect workers as they deserve” and “do not just remember workers when there are ephemeris or how much something abnormal.”
