The Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants (CSIF) has accused the mayor of Haría, María Evelia García Fuentes, of violating the rights of the Local Police of the municipality. The union has publicly denounced the leader of the Platform of the Municipality of Haría (PMH) for "returning workers to times past, where the Franco dictatorship ruled in Spain." In addition, it confirmed this Tuesday on Radio Lanzarote-Onda Cero that they will go to the Contentious-Administrative Court "immediately" to clarify the situation.
CSIF points to the mayor for her "inability to manage" the Human Resources area. "It is evidenced in the repeated requirements made by the company hired to prepare the job positions."
Given the lack of agreement to regulate teleworking, the lack of police officers or vacant positions, Evelia García decided to decree the provision of "mandatory services" to all members of the local police, according to CSIF.
In the same note, the union points out that the decree issued by the mayor's office on March 10 was notified to the chief of police at 2:00 p.m. and took effect at 5:00 p.m. on the same day. "It was notified from now to later," said the secretary of Local Administration of Las Palmas, Javier Abad Ojeda, during the morning show Buenos días, Lanzarote.
In this sense, he also pointed out that the lack of foresight left the affected employees in a "situation of defenselessness," who did not have time to defend themselves. Of a total of 11 officers, the municipality only has eight active. According to Ojeda, there are three positions waiting to be filled since 2021.
This point includes night shift days, with twelve consecutive hours, in the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. to cover the events of the Haría carnival, held between March 10 and 12.
"Without the possibility for agents to reconcile their family and personal life with enough time to reorganize their family plans," he stressed in a statement signed by the secretary of Local Administration of Las Palmas, Javier Abad Ojeda. "The decree is made without any legal argument, without any motivation," Ojeda stressed.
In the same decree, the City Council would have forced the staff on leave to rejoin during the aforementioned days, including those who are on vacation or those who can prove that they are outside the island or on medical leave. "Everyone who is not within the aforementioned exception must join, such as those who may be on leave due to serious illness of a family member."
Similarly, these reincorporations would not have been counted as an extraordinary service and would not be entitled to any type of remuneration.
Finally, the union expressed its concern and rejection "that in the 21st century there are mayors who consider the municipality their particular fiefdom and their public employees as instruments without rights."
