The unions USO-Canarias, MSK, FeSMC-UGT and CCOO, members of the works council of the urban transport service of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, have called an indefinite strike in the capital of the island from February 17, at the that more than 300 workers are called.
In a statement, the workers’ representatives affirm that the objective of the call is to resume the negotiating table “based on the agreements reached in December” and accuse the TITSA company, owned by the Cabildo de Tenerife , of “intransigent and dishonest attitude”.
The unions have requested the mediation of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council in view of the possibility that the conflict could be prolonged and the services during the carnival will be affected.
The strike has been approved in various workers’ assemblies held by an “overwhelming majority”.
“We still cannot understand what TITSA is looking for with this movement, creating a labor conflict and putting the Santa Cruz City Council in a serious situation before the users of the service,” the unions affirm.
They accuse TITSA of having unilaterally broken the negotiation and the agreement reached on December 23 between the works council after the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council expanded urban transport services.
“The company intends to implement a schedule starting at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 2:00 a.m., considering it as a daytime shift, when the collective agreement does not regulate that specific time slot, establishing, in any case, the consideration night shifts starting at 10:00 p.m.”, which affects the remuneration and staff breaks, they allege.
They also accuse TITSA of breaching the fourth specific provision, on the way of distributing work, of the collective agreement in force.
