BLB workers claim to renew the agreement and wage increases in line with the CPI. They will carry out 31 strikes. They ask the Provincial Council, “as the person in charge of the Bizkaibus service”, to mediate in the conflict.
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The workers of the Bizkaibus de Busturia Lea Artibai Bus (BLB) will begin this Saturday, coinciding with the start of the reductions, the 31 days of strikes that they have called for in the first quarter of 2023 to demand the renewal of the agreement and salary increases “in accordance with the CPI”.
As reported by UGT, on this Saturday, the Stoppages will take place from 10:15 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. and from 6:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. hours on the lines operated by the BLB concessionaire that connect Bilbao with Bermeo, Lekeitio, Ondarroa, Gernika, Munguia, Ermua, UPV-EHU and the Galdakao hospital.
The president of the works council, Óscar López, explained that, after three months of strikes, the company has summoned the union leaders to a meeting to negotiate the agreement for Wednesday, which he considers “good news”.
As he explained, the committee will go “with expectations of a solution” because, otherwise, “everything indicates that we are on the way to extending the conflict over time with the repercussions that this will bring among the citizens of the lines that the BLB company”.
After the mobilization this Saturday, the Bizkaibus workers in Busturia and Lea Artibai have called strikes on the 10th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 27th and 31st of January from 6:25 a.m. to 9:35 a.m., from 1:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 5:55 p.m. to 9:35 p.m., as well as on the 14th from 10:15 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. and from 6:15 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
In Februarythere will be a 24-hour strike on the 6th and partial strikes on the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 24th and 28th. marchthe workers have decided to carry out a 24-hour strike on the 16th and partial strikes on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 27th and 31st.
On the two days of the 24-hour strike, February 6 and March 16, they will hold a demonstration in Bilbao and will gather in front of the Foral Palace. Every month there will be at least two concentrations at the company’s offices, in Aparcavisa.
The UGT representatives have claimed to the Provincial Council of Bizkaia“as the person in charge of the Bizkaibus service”, to mediate for a negotiation to be carried out “in good faith” and to agree on salary increases around the CPI so that “there is no discrimination between the workers of the different service concessionaires” of buses in Bizkaia.
Source: Eitb
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