This Tuesday there will be a general strike of suburban buses for 24 hours in Montevideo and the metropolitan area starting at 3 in the morning.
The Suburban Transport Workers Federation (FOTS) called a strike to protest non-compliance with the last wage agreement agreed with the suburban transport companies. FOTS is made up of the companies Casanova, Cita, Copsa and Tala Pando Montevideo.
The union’s measure of force will begin in the first shifts in the early hours of this Tuesday, October 10, as stated in a statement through the National Union of Workers and Transport Workers (Unott).
Miguel Marreroleader of Unott, assured Telenoche that “companies in the suburban passenger sector continue not paying workers the way they should,” and that this situation has been going on since June 1 of this year.
The workers are waiting for the salary adjustment agreed upon with the companies to become effective. transport on July 7, 2022 within the framework of the Salary Tips. In the statement, they point out that “since September 2, they have received a rate adjustment that is not being transferred to the workers’ salaries.”
The FOTS assures that companies refuse to listen to proposals
“There was no agreement, the companies refuse to pay,” he said. Marrerowho added that neither the workers’ proposals nor those of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS).
“There is a salary agreement that is in force, which should have started to be paid on June 1, and the companies have not paid any of that,” concluded the FOTS leader.
This salary situation prompted the union to take this forceful measure. The service would begin to normalize from the first shifts in the early morning of Wednesday, October 11.
Source: Ambito
