He City Government reacted this Tuesday before the surprise subway strike called by the metrodelegates for this Wednesday, which will begin at 5 p.m. and will interrupt the six lines, in addition to the premetro, in three staggered time slots.
“Only because the Justice found responsible to a union representative of lifting windlasses“he complained harshly Nestor GrindettiBuenos Aires Chief of Staff, in reference to the suspension of the left-wing leader Claudio Dellecarbonarawhich motivated the measure of force.
Jorge Macri’s official came out harshly on social networks to question the called strike. “They believe it is right to harm the workers who use the subway every day, the same workers they claim to defend. Impunity must end“Grindetti launched.
“It is unsustainable that a group of people who They don’t know how to live in democracy call a totally unjustified strike for tomorrow (this Wednesday), just because the justice system found a union representative responsible for setting up turnstiles,” he urged.
In the same sense, it was added Gabino TapiaMinister of Justice of Buenos Aires, who stressed that “we must understand that institutions are there to be respected.”
“The metrodelegates they harm the worker again with an unjustified stoppage. The reason? The Labor Court authorized EMOVA (the concessionaire company) to sanction Claudio Dellecarbonara for lifting turnstiles and affecting the service,” said the Buenos Aires minister.
The announcement of the phased strike surprised everyone this Tuesday afternoon. It will affect lines B, E and Premetro between 5 and 7 p.m.; Then a two-hour stoppage will follow on lines D and H between 7 and 9 p.m.; and will conclude on lines A and C, which will have service suspended from 9 p.m. until closing time.
It was the same Union Association of Subway and Premetro Workers that connected the measure of force with the suspension of Dellecarbonara, whom they described as “our companion and member of the Executive Secretariat.”
Dellecarbonara is a former Buenos Aires deputy for the PTS-FIT and current secretary of the union. He was also one of the left-wing leaders, along with Myriam Bregman and Patricio Del Corro, who promoted an amparo action to stop the latest fare increase on the subway, which brought the trip to $650.
The sanction against the union leader consisted of 15 days of suspension. “The breaches occurred at the Congreso de Tucumán (D) and Alem (B) stations in December 2021, occasions in which the emergency door was kept open, encouraging hundreds of users to enter without paying a fare, generating damage to the company,” specifies the court ruling.
The suspension aroused the rejection of the metrodelegates, who described it as “an outrage” and also spoke of “persecution.” “The opening of turnstiles is common as a measure of force,” explained Andrea Salmini, press secretary of AGTSYP.
For its part, EMOVA, the concessionaire company, repudiated the call for a strike. “We regret that this measure of unjustified force harms the people who use the Subway and the Premetro,” they maintained from that firm.
Regarding Dellecarbonara and the opening of the emergency doors, they detailed that “he repeatedly disobeyed the requirements of the hierarchical personnel to cease the action, which led to the sanction being applied.” And he continued: “We also remember that emergency doors are of vital importance in emergency cases and therefore their misuse represents a potential risk for all users.”
