The strike in the Metropolitan of Tenerife is complicated and seems to go on for a long time, beyond May, the limit for now of the partial stoppages programmed in the tram. The conflict could even exceed 102 days after it occurred in 2018. Users are increasingly affectedas many travelers stay at the busiest stops because the wagons are full. The situation will become more complicated from the 13th when the mobilization moves to morning peak hours.
The representatives of the tram workers regret the situationbut they do not accept the last movement of a company whom they accuse of “not wanting to negotiate”. That action has been to send a letter to the Labor Inspectorate to be the mediator in the conflict. The Company Committee opted for a Cabildo official who already did this work five years ago and was one of the architects of the current collective agreement. Nor does Manuel Fernández, PP adviser, agreewhich took the proposal to create this figure to a plenary commission where it was approved “to appoint a mediator but by mutual agreement between the parties.”
The representatives of the workers qualify as “bad faith, lack of truth and belligerent attitude” the position of both the management and the presidency of the company, which corresponds to the insular councilor for Mobility, Enrique Arriaga, with whom this newspaper tried to speak unsuccessfully yesterday.
The labor conflict began on February 17. The workers state that “the company does not inform us of the minimum services (90% and 75%) and, furthermore, it calculates them by the number of trams and not by the workforce.”
The workers describe the position of the company and the Cabildo as “bad faith”
There are 22 points raised to end the strike. Twelve for Health and Safety, eight referring to Human Resources and two for negotiation:_the Equality Plan and the Framework Agreement. The sources clarify that “we have not asked for the 35 weekly hours but an initial agreement and gradually implement them.” The Metrotenerife Works Council is made up of 9 delegates, 5 from CCOO, 2 from UGT and 2 from SEPCA. It is chaired by Luis Marrero and they represent a staff of 202 workers, 20% temporary or temporary, who support the strike by 95%.
new manager
Pedro Ribeiro has been appointed by the Board of Directors manager of Metropolitan of Tenerife, a vacant position since the departure of Andrés Muñoz. He held the position in 2001, before Line 1 was inaugurated -in June 2007- until July 2021. The Portuguese is an old acquaintance in the Cabildo company, since he was Director of Operations in the initial team of Munoz. He was now working on the Jerusalem Tram, in Israel.
Metropolitan opened at the end of October last year the process to fill the position who, after the departure of Muñoz, exercised Enrique Arriaga, Island Councilor for Mobility and President of the company. He assumed the responsibilities that, according to the bases, are “to carry out all those tasks that entail the ordinary administration of the company, as well as the execution of the agreements of the Board of Directors and any delegated function proper to it”.
