CC in Yaiza accuses Noda of "trampling" the rights of municipal workers

The local secretary of Coalición Canaria in Yaiza and municipal spokesperson, Emilio Machín, considers it of "utmost gravity" that the mayor, Óscar Noda, "continues to trample on the rights of municipal workers and repeatedly violates their right to negotiate remuneration," as publicly denounced by UGT in relation to the breakdown this Tuesday of the General Negotiation Table of the Yaiza City Council.

Machín regrets that "far from seeking agreements and building bridges with the municipal staff, the mayor has once again opted for imposition and confrontation," after the union abandoned the Table considering that the governing group intended to turn a mandatory negotiation into a mere informative procedure through the formula of "taking note" of the budgets and the municipal staff for 2026.

In this regard, the nationalist spokesperson describes it as "shameful" that the mayor tries to "gag the workers instead of facilitating a real process of collective bargaining, as the union denounces," and recalls that the very document presented by UGT warns of a possible violation of article 37 of the Basic Statute of Public Employees, as well as the full legal nullity of the procedure followed by the City Council.

 

Óscar Noda's "anti-union" attitude

Likewise, Emilio Machín recalls that this situation "is not new," since more than a year ago UGT publicly accused the mayor of maintaining an "anti-union" attitude and lacking negotiation capacity by delaying the creation of the General Negotiation Table for months, in addition to failing to meet labor commitments and pending social aid with municipal workers.

"The underlying problem is Óscar Noda's manifest inability to dialogue, negotiate, and reach consensus, even with the City Council's own public employees," points out Machín, who considers that "labor peace and the proper functioning of local administration will only be possible through respect for labor rights and real negotiation, not through decrees or impositions."

For this reason, the local secretary of CC Yaiza offers his “collaboration to put an end to the conflict given the manifest inability of the mayor to reach an agreement with the staff that allows for the recovery of normality and labor peace in the Yaiza City Council,” insisting that “municipal workers deserve respect, transparency, and a governing group that dialogues instead of imposing, as UPY tries to do with its despotic attitude.”