Tib Workers Continue On Strike

TIB workers continued their three-day strike, which began connected July 18th and is scheduled to extremity connected July 21st. They are demanding an 8.5 per cent salary summation to retrieve nan nonaccomplishment of purchasing power, their union, SATI, said.

TIB autobus drivers are besides demanding a activity schedule that includes breaks, arsenic they declare that they sometimes run buses for complete 7 hours without a break, according to Jesús Rodríguez, nan starring national typical of SATI, who precocious said pinch news reporters. TIB shared nan schedule of autobus runs during nan strike.

Contrary to authorities rules connected strikes, which require a minimum work sum of 60 per cent, nan SATI union—the largest national successful nan sector—estimated that 100 per cent of TIB drivers successful Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza participated successful nan demonstrations.

The national has besides reported that nan negotiations person not gone their measurement yet, stating that nan section authorities successful Palma de Mallorca, for example, has not met their demands.

Rodriguez said they person issues pinch breaks, because authorities authorities are considering nan 5 minutes drivers return astatine terminals receiving passengers and taking their payments arsenic resting periods. He said these are not beaks and that TIB autobus operators must person 2 15-minute breaks by law, and for rider security.

On nan first time of nan strike, tensions arose successful Palma betwixt non-union labor and SATI workers. Seven buses were stoned and damaged.