The General Confederation of Labor (CGT? Lanzarote) has expressed its solidarity with the Tourist Centers worker Wilfredo Toribio and has demanded his reinstatement, because it considers that it is the "fairest position that the political managers of the Cabildo de Lanzarote should take." CGT has recalled that this is the second time that Justice has sided with this employee and, therefore, does not understand why the Cabildo prefers to pay him compensation and fire him rather than reinstate him in his position.
Precisely, the General Confederation of Labor believes that this intention of the Cabildo "could be understood as revenge or an arrogant attitude towards the worker for expressing his opinion outside of working hours." It should be remembered that it was after a Board of Directors meeting when this employee "insulted" several members of this entity.
From the CGT they understand that the attitude of the Cabildo with this worker is "a warning to sailors, towards the other workers, so that they do not express their criticisms or defend their labor rights as it should be normal in a decent democracy, because if not they already know what awaits them, dismissal." "We are sick and tired of hearing from the political managers of the Cabildo how they demonize the workers through the media to convey the idea to citizens that they are freeloaders, privileged and lazy people," this Confederation has denounced.
In addition, the CGT finds it "scandalous" that they are trying to pay "with public money" the compensation for dismissal to this employee, "whose fault has nothing to do with his work as a worker, but with the way in which he demands his rights." "They try with this measure to set an example by punishing and intimidating the vindictive workers," he criticized.
From the CGT they have made a call "to all workers in general and to public employees in particular, to mobilize in favor of the reinstatement of Wilfredo Toribio and against this abuse of power." "We demand that freedom of expression and freedom in the defense of labor rights be respected," he said in a statement.
