Workers, command, control, information, traffic management and railway maintenance of Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) are threatening to return to strikes in March, criticizing the company’s proposals, according to a statement.
Aprofer – The Association of Railway Command and Control Practitioners, which staged three days of strikes this month that saw hundreds of trains cancelled, said it believed it was “more than likely that the strike will resume in March for an indefinite period”.
The organization indicated that “after five years since the conclusion of the first agreement in 2022”, IP refused until September 2023 to enter into an agreement with the association to “ensure coverage and resolution of all types of occupational hazards at the level of physical and mental health and which have been for many years cause of early death and disabling diseases.”
The organization highlighted that on January 4, the IP said that “the budget will already be approved to return to negotiations” and that it “simulated a meeting with Aprofer” at the DGERT (Directorate General of Employment and Labor Relations). Job). , where “after all, what they offered were chairs, computers and the resumption of discussions on issues on which commitments had already been reached in September 2022 and, therefore, in the opinion of the IP and the guardianship, these reasons would be more than enough” for a strike January 10 did not happen.”
The organization also said that on Friday the company “presented five ‘scenarios’ for salary negotiations for 2024,” stressing that “none of them include compliance with obligations to Aprofer.”
“The only instrument with which we can protect ourselves is Portuguese legislation and therefore a calendar of struggles is planned that will begin in March,” he stressed, pointing out that “the methodology of the strikes will be the same as in the first week of January.” .
On Friday, the Federation of Transport and Communications Unions (Fectrans) also criticized the IP administration’s proposals, speaking of “imposition” and reduction of “real wages”.
The organization said in a statement that “following government orders, the Intellectual Property Administration today introduced itself [sexta-feira] at the negotiating table with not one, not two, not three, but five options for updating wages,” lamenting that they all mean “a reduction in workers’ real wages.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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