CP blocked 57 trains out of 253 scheduled from 00:00 to 08:00 this Thursday due to the carrier’s machinists’ strike, which took place on 196, according to data sent by the company to Lusa.
CP – Comboios de Portugal indicates that out of 66 planned regional trains, 24 were not carried out, and in Lisbon city trains, 115 were planned and 23 were banned.
In the urban areas of Porto, 53 were planned for this period, six of which were suppressed.
As for long-distance trains, all connections (11) scheduled before 08:00 have been completed.
Workers went on strike to do any work in the categories submitted by SMAQ from the late hours of Thursday until early Saturday morning.
From Saturday 00:00 to Friday (17th) 23:59, workers go on a “strike” during all normal daily working hours, with an expected duration of more than seven hours and 30 minutes, for the machinist or technical machinist. categories”.
From Saturday 00:00 to Friday 23:59, “Strikes take place during all normal business hours, which include entry and/or exit from headquarters from 00:00 to 06:00 for train or technical drivers.” , as well as from Tuesday 00:00 to Friday 23:59 “a strike during all normal working hours with an expected duration of more than six hours for the categories of traction inspector or chief traction inspector.”
The arbitral tribunal ruled that the minimum services at the national level are about 30%, as well as the services necessary for the safety and maintenance of equipment and installations, as well as emergency services and rescue trains.
In February, strikes organized by various Communist Party unions led to the suppression of hundreds of convoys a day.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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