The union approved the forceful measure, conditional on the company complying with the payment of owed salaries.
A general strike 24 hours throughout the transport will take place this Friday, after the National Union of Workers and Transport Workers (Unott) approves the measure of force, within the framework of the conflict in Copsa, that adds a new chapter.
“We consider it inadmissible that the payment of the salary”, They indicated from Unott through a statement, in the midst of the company’s non-payment, that it declared itself insolvent and is waiting for a loan from BROU.
The delegate of the Copsa union, Andrés Martínez, anticipated in dialogue Underlined that the force measure that they have carried out since Monday will continue this Thursday, reaching 96 hours of paralysis, to which will be added the general strike on Friday.
“What we have on the table today is an alleged payment on Friday. We have been hearing about the alleged payment for a long time,” Martínez said about the development of the negotiations. In justifying the strike call anyway, he warned: “Since we have no reliable guarantees that this will happen, the Unott proposes to wear this 24 hour strike for Friday.”
Asked about a possible deactivation of the force measure, the union member clarified that “there would have to be a certain definition that the payment will be for all workers”, for one debt which is estimated at around $800,000.
“Someone has to set a limit,” Unott had warned.
Before resolving the measure, the general secretary of the Unott, Luis Aguirrehad anticipated the possibility of a general strike of the transport pointing out that “someone has to set a limit”, while waiting for the BROU loan.
“It is clear that efforts were made, first of all by the workers, who are not being paid correctly, and are falling behind in rentals, all. They pay in dues, “They are at 45 or 50% of the salary,” he noted about the claim.
Regarding the union position, Aguirre added: “We are telling the company that we must negotiate, “We must be serious and respect the workers who have been coming since 2021 with salaries in parts.”
Source: Ambito
