Comisiones Obreras denounces the Centers in Court for "blocking" the 35 working hours

The Federation of Services to Citizens of Comisiones Obreras Canarias (FSC-CCOO) has filed a complaint with the court against the public entity of the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism of Lanzarote for alleged "breach of the collective agreement regarding the application of the 35-hour work week".

The union points out that this claim "is not a new request nor an improvised demand", but rather a struggle "that has been going on for a long time" and is expressly included in the entity's II Collective Agreement.

Thus, FSC-CCOO states that the agreed text contemplates the reduction of the workday through progressive negotiation or by applying the framework agreements reached in the public sector as a whole.

The union organization recalls that the implementation of the 35-hour work week in the General State Administration reinforces the demand that this right also be applied in the EPEL-CACT, a public company dependent on the Cabildo of Lanzarote.

In the union's opinion, "there is no justification for further delaying a measure that is part of the commitments made with the representation of the workers".

It accuses the company of generating "uncertainty" and "labor unrest"

FSC-CCOO states that the staff has resorted to the foreseen channels of dialogue and monitoring, but maintains that the company's management has opted to "postpone the effective application of the agreement, generating uncertainty and labor unrest". The union considers that collective agreements "are law between the parties" and that public institutions must be the first to guarantee their compliance.

The organization insists that the legal complaint has already been filed and that, at this stage, it does not propose new conflict measures beyond maintaining union and public pressure to demand respect for the agreement.

FSC-CCOO calls on the management of EPEL-CACT and the Cabildo of Lanzarote to "stop delaying the application of the 35 hours" and proceed to "make effective a right agreed with the staff".

For the union, compliance with signed labor agreements is a matter of institutional credibility. FSC-CCOO Canarias emphasizes that public companies "cannot promote an image of social commitment externally while violating the rights recognized to their own staff".

"We are not asking for any privileges, but for what was signed to be fulfilled," maintains FSC-CCOO, which demands an immediate solution to restore normality and labor peace to the Centers of Art, Culture, and Tourism of Lanzarote.