The workers of Panificadora Lanzaroteña have started an indefinite strike this Monday to protest against the non-payment of their salaries "for the last five months", as announced by UGT in a statement. This fact "keeps the entire staff in a delicate situation", according to the union.
The general secretary of UGT in Lanzarote, César Reyes, has firmly supported the decision to start an indefinite strike in the face of the "desperate situation of the 22 workers of the company, who have not yet received any salary so far this year." "The workers and their families cannot bear the delay in the payment of their payroll for another second," he said.
With this measure, the workers "intend to pressure the company to meet its responsibilities" and settle the debt contracted with the staff of Panificadora Lanzaroteña. The strike will affect the entire company and is indefinite until the management, according to Reyes, shows a "clear and firm commitment to the payment of back wages."
In addition, Reyes insisted that this debt adds to "the imminent closure" of Panificadora Lanzaroteña. For UGT, the problems of Panificadora Lanzaroteña are motivated by the "disastrous business management carried out over the last few years by its economic managers." "A management that will cause the destruction of more than twenty jobs and the closure of a new company on the island," he lamented.