Mandatory minimum services will finally be introduced for the ITV staff strike that starts next Monday 2 October. The signatory of a decision to which this newspaper has access Andrés Lluch, Director General of Labour, Cooperatives and Occupational SafetyJust this morning, it was discovered that Provision of service at all stations of the Valencian Community “will be carried out with the usual maximum of 40% of each business center”. This means agreeing with Management against unions such as Workers’ Commissions, whose statement yesterday pointed out that these are not essential because they are not “essential services”. In other words, the service that thousands of Valencians use every day will not be completely stopped.
However, the decision – based on the “mandatory” nature of this inspection for citizens contained in various Royal Decrees – states: “Passing the Technical Vehicle Inspection is an obligation imposed for security reasons that directly affects the constitutional right to physical integrity of individuals.” and listed company SITVAL stated that “this is appropriate” as it is currently the only company able to provide this service autonomously, following the rollback completed last March.“To establish minimum services that allow for the basic guarantee of constitutionally protected rights.”.
In these, it is stated that Priority will be given to “vehicles providing ambulance or other health services, vehicles belonging to all kinds of fire departments, vehicles allocated to security forces and institutions, vehicles authorized for public transportation and vehicles authorized to carry goods”, respectively.“. Next, it will be the turn of “those who need to carry out a technical inspection to verify the correction of defects detected in a previous inspection” and finally “vehicles whose periodic MOT has already expired or expires on the specified days. We are developing the strike”.
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Likewise, it should be noted that It will be “the address of the company where the implementation of these services will be covered”, The parties shall be responsible for the provision of these minimum essential services, provided with the personal means absolutely necessary to ensure their provision in conditions of maximum security.” However, depending on the development of the strike, “the labor authority shall determine the minimum essential services that will guarantee effective protection of the strike”.