The second strike carried out this Good Friday by the Valencia Airport works council in order to demand that the absences that occur in operational positions due to sick leave, illness or leave be covered, has been supported by 100% of the staff.
This Good Friday, the service staff was 20 people, 15 of them in minimum services (74%). The remaining five have supported the protest, so support has been 100%, as union sources have informed EFE.
In addition, there has been a rally of 20 people protesting the situation, add the sources, who indicate that they plan to file a lawsuit for the high minimum services. The strikes, which began yesterday, are called between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. also on March 30 and 31 and April 1.
From the Valencia airport they have indicated to EFE that at the moment there has been no operational incident this Good Friday as a result of the two-hour strike.
The five unions that make up the works council (UGT, CCOO, CSPA, CGT and USO) have organized these protests to show that there are operational positions in which absences caused by illness, maternity leave or marriage leaves are not covered. , For example.
This lack of coverage generates “insecurity, a sometimes unaffordable workload and worse customer service,” explained union sources, who regretted that in an airport with record occupancy figures, the company “wants to save the money it would mean hiring a person or paying overtime” to cover those absences.
The same sources have indicated that minimum services of 75% have been set for these strikes, with which they seek to draw attention to their situation, as well as generate some operational problems for passengers, and that they have prevented more than 20 people from concentrating. the terminal entrance.
They maintain that the company has not shown any commitment that would allow this strike to be called off and they insist that they are not seeking a salary increase, but rather the coverage of absences in operational positions, positions recognized in 2012 when the privatization of AENA took place and the number of passengers and movements was “less than half of what it is now.”
