Fines and complaints intensify the strike

Monday, practically at the last minute of the night, a negotiation extremis He tried to avoid the start of the garbage strike in Madrid. The limit time to reach an agreement was 23 hours. It was not achieved. A hundred hours later, the break continues. And conversations between companies and unions have not yet materialized. In addition, the spirits were heated on Friday. Even the dealers, who had not spoken in public to date, have launched a joint declaration qualifying the “illegal” strike And regret the “disinformation” during the crisis.

Behind the indefinite strike are the unions CC.OO, UGT and RSU Professional sector. In general, workers demand an agreement when an IPC salary increase and “Where the lost purchasing power is recovered in the past 4 years (8.7%)”. In addition, they require social improvements.

Business (FCC, value, acciona, ohl, prezero and urban) They ensure that their proposal is an accumulated increase of 24% in 6 years, which “doubles the IPC expected for the same period”. In any case, the pact always does it.

The municipal council is not part of the negotiation. The government of José Luis Martínez-Almeida acted as a mediator to encourage the parties to an agreement. Also decreed at least 50% of services throughout the strike. The minimum collection benefits are one of the most controversial points. Cibeles accused companies of not complying with them and inflicted a fine of 1.6 million euros. Dealers, on the other hand, ensure that requests are covered, but attention “is assigned by the Continuous sabotage to vehicles “.

And the workers defend themselves. “We do an in -depth examination [de los camiones] To go safely. It works in the regulations and which slows down: “they emphasize RSU. As there is more accumulated waste – this union supports – vehicles are filled before: “They think that if we now lift the strike, garbage will spend another day. It is impossible. It will take a week” due to the “great accumulation”. Negotiations failed to date have extended the strike at the weekend, which is likely to coincide with events at the center of the capital. The strike table will remain again this Saturday to try to resolve the situation again.

“Threats” and “Sabotajes”

The strike affects the orange (non -recyclable), brown (organic) and yellow (plastic) cube. The most serious accusations during the break have to do with minimum services. The order of the consistory is that the waste is collected before 48 hours. The attention was distributed by the districts. In such a way that, in the peer days, the waste is removed in 12 of the 21 districts and, in the strange, in the other nine.

According to the municipal council on Tuesday, the first day of the strike on Tuesday, the basic service required was completed, which did not take place on Wednesday or Thursday. The delegate of the area of ​​town planning, mobility and the environment, Borja CarabanteHe was frankly with dealerships. He communicated the penalty of 1.6 million and warned: If the minimum services continue to “break”, there will be more daily fines.

According to RSU, Companies have threatened unions In the conversations they had on Friday afternoon, after announcing the sanction. Regarding the minimum services, a union spokesperson gives the example to illustrate what is in the street: “I had a route of 160 side face cubes and with 30 and little filled my truck. It is immediately filled.” In turn, he says that there are trucks that suffer from “major maintenance defects” which “do not use to work”. This leads them to make an “in -depth exam” before leaving the parks.

The version of the dealerships comes up against that of the unions. The FCC, the value, the Act, the Ohl, Prezero and Urbaser raised an body at the Regional Mediation and Arbitration Institute for a strike which they consider as “illegal”. They also point out that “100% of the minimum services described are covered, but their execution is assigned by continuous sabotage to vehicles”.

CC.OO, meanwhile, denounced the provincial labor inspectorate in the consistory and businesses because He believes they have violated the right to hit allegedly to work at Sélur, the urgent municipal cleaning service: “He intervened during these days, which makes it a collection of garbage which clearly exceeds the minimum decreed services, by de facto replacing workers on strike.”

On Saturday, conversations will continue. Borja Carabante will meet each other to insist on the “need to reach an agreement as soon as possible to end the strike”. Cibeles is also valued to remove street garbage during the break with clean or external means.