UGT and CCOO decided to postpone the call strike taking care of workers IberiaIt was announced for eight days over the Christmas period following the government’s offer to mediate the conflict.
This Wednesday, both unions held a series of meetings with the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility in order to find a solution to the dispute that arose after Iberia lost its operating license for eight airports in the last Aena tender.
The unions emphasized the following in their statement: to delay to hit This is an “act of responsibility”“, shows its willingness to “reach the long-awaited agreement” thanks to the new negotiating framework with the intervention of the Government. Meetings will begin this Thursday.
Likewise, the unions expressed their desire that this new path, “opened under the pressure of the UGT and CCOO”, would allow them to “achieve a result”. A beneficial outcome for Iberia workers”.
A new company managed by another operator
The unions stated that the Government’s mediation was due to pressure from the same unions that decided to call a strike after “unsuccessful meetings” with Iberia. The strike was announced for the days between 29 December and 1 January and 4 and 7 January.
As detailed by the unions, within the framework of its discussions with Iberia, the company proposed the creation of a company with a majority stake of 80%, under the leadership of the winning bidder, together with a minority company owned by IAG. this will be Yellow Rendering.
However, the unions evaluated this. This “invention” was “illegal” for not complying with the royal decree corresponding to this matter.
CCOO and UGT predict that this will mean separation of business and therefore non-compliance with agreements signed in the most recent agreements.
Therefore, they asked Iberia to adopt automatic handling at these airports, but the company estimates that automatic handling and partial succession are not a viable solution as older people and therefore those with greater mobility will remain in the salary bracket.
This means that the operators who win the tender will have the staff with the lowest wage costs and will therefore be able to bid. much more competitive prices It creates a competitiveness gap beyond what could be achieved through ‘automatic use’.
In addition, the unions suggested that an employment regulation file (ERE) be negotiated internally, which would allow the company to reduce costs and meet the work “with better prospects”. All this, as they explain, to guarantee compliance with the working conditions agreed upon in the XXII collective agreement of the sector.
Fear of reducing workers’ rights
Iberia lost Aena’s ground handling operations license at eight major airports in the airport management competition that ended on September 26.
This meant: heavy blow to the companyThe company is appealing the bankruptcy decision and keeping legal proceedings open to try to get some of the business back.
After the entry of new operators, workers will replace these new successful companies. Unions began to fear that these actors might fail to comply with what was agreed in the sector’s collective agreement, resulting in worsening working conditions for these workers.
Thus, they began to demand that Iberia make a decision that would protect its current employees and communicate its decision to employees as soon as possible.