The interurban transport drivers of the province of Córdoba, grouped in the Workers’ Association of the Automotive Transport Industry (AOITA), they stop this friday in salary claim for a new superior proposal.
Claudio Luna, secretary of Aoita, told Chain 3 that “they are complying with the 24-hour strike with 100% compliance.
In this framework, Cristian Sansalone, general director of Transportation of the province of Córdoba, said that they are asking for the intervention of Labor to dictate a mandatory conciliation and continue with the dialogue. “We insist on the technical table because it is the one that will give us the necessary elements to achieve balance between the parties,” he said.
Asked about this request, Luna said that “they are not going to comply” and that if there is no news over the weekend they will maintain the possibility of launching a new strike for an indefinite period next week.
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“We are going to have a general plenary session on Monday afternoon, we will see what the situation is and if there is no type of progress, surely a measure will be issued for an indefinite period of time,” he stated.
The conflict turns 100 days and the union threatens an indefinite strike.
Regarding the technical table, Luna said that “not a single number has been put on the table” and accused Fetap of “not reaching an agreement.” “The dialogue with businessmen is broken, the transport secretaries are acting as the intermediary but evidently, well, clearly failed,” she indicated.
The force measure for this Friday is for not considering the new salary proposal satisfactory. They indicated that it is an improvement on the 25% that had been offered to them, but for now it does not match what was intended.
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Last Monday, the drivers carried out a 24-hour strike as part of the claim, while on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th, the union held assemblies that left thousands of passengers without service for a few hours.
For his part, Alejandro Ugalde, spokesperson for FETAP, representing business, said on Monday that the situation is “quite delicate.” “We depend on what the State’s policy is. Within that framework and within that emergency, we have come with AOITA with partial arrangements and that is why this lack of empathy from the union shocks us,” he said.
Regarding the salary claim, FETAP said that “an offer of 25% has been made as of April 1 for the working sector, within the money that exists,” and stated that what they are asking the State for is not more subsidies, but pay.
In that sense, he highlighted social programs such as educational tickets and for people with disabilities, among others, but warned that the State is not paying.
“Freedom is perfect, but the State does not pay anything for that. So, all of that cost is being assumed by companies, and given the removal of subsidies, given the change in economic equations, we undoubtedly need the State to pay for these franchises.” “he claimed in dialogue with Chain 3.
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The Ministry of Transportation of Córdoba launched an operation to address specific cases of people stranded at the bus terminal due to the transportation strike. The traffic arranged by the organization They are not intended for all passengers affected by the measure, but to particular situations.
Those passengers who need to attend to a specific case can go to the offices located in the basement of the old terminal, or to the Security office located at the main entrance of the new terminal.
The survey of Ministry personnel began during the first hours of the day and continues with the objective of identifying specific situations and being able to organize groups of people directed to the same area.
Report by Gonzalo Carrasquera and Lucía González.
