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The Iberia Strike Committee left yesterday totally disenchanted from its second meeting with the president of the Cabildo, Inés Rojas, because it believes that the convened meetings are a "formality for the public" to pretend that she is interested in mediating in the handling services strike. "The Cabildo is showing us that it has little capacity or little power to solve a conflict of this type," said León Fajardo, spokesperson for the strikers.
The workers asked Inés Rojas to publicly request the dismissal of the airport director, Dionisio Canomanuel, for the systematic violation of the rights of striking employees. The Strike Committee believes that the First Island Corporation cannot allow a public employee to "violate the Constitution and side with a private company like Iberia." "The president said that she could not ask for Canomanuel's dismissal," commented the spokesperson.
León Fajardo called yesterday's meeting "quite negative" because the president conveyed her interest in meeting with Iberia workers "supplanting the function of the Strike Committee." "We are very disappointed," he added.
The workers find it very curious that the Cabildo has not called the Lanzarote Labor Inspectorate to hear their version, while it "quietly" summoned representatives of the company last Friday. Fajardo revealed that the airport delegate and the eastern Canary Islands delegate of Iberia met with Inés Rojas knowing that they have no power or capacity to resolve the strike. "They are two messengers sent by Iberia to say that they have too much staff without recognizing the calls for attention from the Labor Inspectorate," he argued.
The workers showed their willingness to sit down and negotiate with Iberia, and the president of the Cabildo promised to tell the company to accept the invitation from the Strike Committee, however, the strikers are pessimistic due to "the little pressure they have on this Island."
On the other hand, the members of the Eurohandling - UTE ACE Works Committee expressed their support for the Iberia strikers "in the defense of the workers' interests."
