The Transport Federation of Intersindical Canaria issued a statement this Monday morning denouncing "the different standards of measurement in the actions of the Canary Islands institutions when it comes to the demands of the workers in the transport sector, compared to when it comes to the claims of employers."
"We recall that it is exactly one year since the workers' strike in the transport companies of Lanzarote, in which the Minister of Education, Universities, Culture and Sports ordered 100% of the minimum services in school transport at 02:00 hours, considering as a legal basis the essential service character for the Community, violating, in our opinion, the right to strike of the workers. What is happening today is a lockout. Therefore, we demand the same application of minimum services from the Minister of Education, who issued the last decree of the workers' strike in Lanzarote," the union said.
However, today we are verifying that, in the face of the employers' demands, this same minister has stated in the media that, since it is a lockout, she does not have to decree minimum services, when what the Spanish Constitution says in section 2 of the rights and duties of citizens, art. 37, point 2 is the following: The right of workers and employers to adopt collective conflict measures is recognized. The Law that regulates this right, without prejudice to the limitations that may be established, will include the necessary guarantees to ensure the functioning of the essential services of the community," the union points out.
Therefore, the Transport Federation of Intersindical Canaria "strongly" condemns the events "that highlight the discrimination suffered by workers in the transport sector, and we denounce the clear preferential treatment towards employers" and add that they request "that workers be given the same treatment as employers, not appointing minimum services".
