After what was the National Transport Strike last Wednesday, October 30, the company Buenos Aires Subways State Society (SBASE) He appeared as a plaintiff in the complaint against the union delegates who adhered to the forceful measure. The measure was carried out at the request of the head of the Buenos Aires government.
As detailed in the complaint, it targets “Federico Soria, Mr. Jimenez de Honalda and any other person who is the author, co-author, participant, accomplice and/or accessory” of the facts presented. The document is included in the article 79 of law 1472 referring to “affect public transportation service“.
Thus, SBASE will appear as a plaintiff in the criminal case after being requested by the head of Government, Jorge Macri. The complaint targets “Federico Soria, Mr. Jimenez de Honalda and any other person who is the author, co-author, participant, accomplice and/or accessory.”
The complaint presented is framed in the figure provided for and repressed in “article 19 of law 1472” referring to “affecting public transportation service” of the Contravention Code of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The text of the complaint accessed by this media expresses: “Exceeding the legal strike exerciseconsisted of specific actions that had the sole purpose of affecting the minimum provision of the service that, for strikesthe law expressly provides.”
Transportation strike: a legislator La Libertad Avanza proposed declaring buses and subways “essential”
The project was presented by the legislator Yamil Santoroof United Republicansin the legislature of CABA. The objective of the text is to limit the impact of strikes.
The initiative to which Ambito agreed It was presented last Wednesday within the framework of the important measure of force that was activated this day by the unions that make up the National Transportation Board, where truck drivers, railway workers, subways, airports, and river transport are represented. In detail, the text proposes to declare as “essential public serviceto the collective transportation service for passengers that have a route entirely within the territory of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires”, whose provision corresponds to the Federal District Tariff Group.
The project would also cover surface passenger rail transport and the Underground of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Thus, in the event of interruptions resulting from labor conflicts, a minimum provision of the service must be guaranteed to prevent the population from being left without mobility alternatives. “In general terms, the aim is to have a minimum benefit that avoids total interruption“Santoro explained to this medium.
The arguments detailed by Santoro affirm that the paralysis of public services of passenger transportationtranscend the field of bilateral labor relations” and affect “significantly the daily life of ordinary citizens” for which they consider “it is necessary to implement the most suitable means available to harmonize the serious conflict of interests at stake.”
Regarding sanctions, the project proposes leaving in the hands of the Law Enforcement Authority the possible sanctions that would be applied to those who fail to comply with the minimum service guarantee that is established. would be imposed through its regulations.
Source: Ambito
