According to the carrier, on the first day of a new partial strike organized by the Sindicato Ferroviário da Revisão Comercial Itinerante (SFRCI) with a particular focus on ticket offices and CP inspectors, 20 trains were delayed until 8 am.
CP – Comboios de Portugal said in a statement that 20 trains were stopped between 00:00 and 08:00 on Thursday, including one long-haul, five regional and 14 city trains from Lisbon.
“The strike announced by the SFRCI will affect the movement of trains throughout the country,” the company said.
CP announces on its website that due to the strike called by the SFRCI trade union, from 00:00 on July 6 to 23:59 on August 6, riots are expected in railway traffic, on all lines, with possible impact on the day after the period strikes, 7 August.
The carrier informs that customers who have already purchased tickets for travel on Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, Internacional, InterRegional and Regional trains will be refunded the full price of the ticket or will be exchanged free of charge for another train of the same category and class. .
The partial strike of auditors and cashiers of the SR covers the period when World Youth Day is taking place in Lisbon.
Ticket inspectors and workers have already ended a partial strike that began on June 5 and ended on Wednesday to challenge the “lack of fairness” in wages at CP – Comboios de Portugal.
On June 22, SFRCI President Luis Bravo announced that from this Thursday until July 10, the strike at the seventh hour for workers in Cascais, and from July 12 to 18, it covers overtime. throughout the country.
During the month, the workers will go on strike in special trains and trains with more than eight carriages.
According to Luis Bravo, the strike will affect [em agosto] special trains provided by the company for World Youth Day.
“These special trains are usually provided by the company for special events such as concerts, in which case it will affect the Youth Day events, which have 48 special trains scheduled,” he said.
According to the union leader, the workers are “very dissatisfied” with the situation at the plant.
The union disputes what it says is “absence and equality in the CP” and fears jobs will be called into question. The operator has already come to ensure that this does not happen by negotiating with other unions.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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