The SEMAF train drivers’ union announced a three-day national strike for February 9, 10 and 11, with a request to take measures for its safety, after the two accidents that plunged the country into mourning.
In its announcement, the union clarified that the strike concerns “all train drivers of the various companies in the sector”.
The ministry is against the strike
Transport Minister Oscar Puente commented, in a press conference he gave, that the strike does not seem to him to be “the best way to achieve their demands” and expressed the hope that it will be aborted, stating that he is “listening” to the workers.
SEMAF underlines in its statement that workers in the sector had complained about “the bad state” of the network in various parts of it, but “they did not receive an answer, nor did any intervention take place for months, even years”. The union therefore intends to seek criminal liability “from those who have an obligation to ensure the safety of railway infrastructure”.
