The president of AETUR, Victoriano Elvira, declared to La Voz that this strike represents "a very important damage" for Lanzarote, "more than money in terms of the image we are offering to the outside world". Elvira, one of the businessmen who has accompanied the president of the CEL, Juan Guerra, in reading the manifesto agreed upon between the associations, warns that "we are paying the consequences of the strikes we have had previously and we will not withstand one more".
The president of the CEL, Juan Guerra, as spokesperson, pointed out that while respecting the rights of the affected workers, "the proposal of an indefinite strike in a strategic sector so fundamental for the normal functioning of our tourism industry should be an instrument reserved for extreme situations of job insecurity that in our opinion do not occur in the collective agreement of the Tourist Centers".
The businessmen, who represent more than 40,000 workers, showed their support for the modernization and professionalization process experienced in recent years in the CACT "as a way to rationalize management and isolate it from bad practices and political uses", explained Juan Guerra. Even more so, the businessmen said, if one takes into account its vital importance in generating resources that result in investments that improve the living conditions of all citizens.
The sector also considers that the strike, which in addition to occurring would be in the electoral period, is not the best way to reconcile differences since, as indicated by the president of the CEL, it could be used systematically as a measure of pressure for the resolution of labor conflicts that affect public institutions.
Finally, and in light of this situation, the business sector considers that it is necessary to implement a social pact or arbitration mechanism on the Island to resolve conflicts in sectors that are vital for the development of tourism activity "as an antidote to a lethal and permanent image of labor conflict that weighs like a slab on our possibilities of tourism recovery", said Juan Guerra.
