BE/Azores questioned the Regional Government about whether the labor inspection is aware of the delinquency of the workers of the company that ensures the cleaning of the facilities of the Lajes Civil Airport, the party announced on Wednesday.
In the request presented to the Regional Legislative Assembly, the BE asks the executive of the PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition what actions it will take to solve the problem of the ten employees of a service provider company that, “since May, have been behind in the payment of their salaries and, consequently, do not receive the corresponding vacation subsidy.”
In a statement, BE specifies that “in 2019 a contract was signed for the acquisition of cleaning services at the Terceira airport facilities, which are the responsibility of the Regional Government, with the company KG Services, which provides services on a temporary basis. outsourcingfor a term of three years.
At the beginning of June, the company stated that it was processing the wages, however, the workers continue to accumulate back wages”, describes the BE.
The party says it has “been aware that the necessary materials have often not been made available” for the cleanup and “that Workers are coerced not to file a complaint. company procedures.
This, according to the BE, “came to deduct more than fifty euros from the salary of the employees for the disappearance of a key from a cleaning team.”
The autonomous deputies of the Bloc want, therefore, “to know how many complaints were made in the Regional Labor Inspection addressed to KG Services, what steps were taken in relation to them and what the possible legal consequences for the company”.
For BE, “the Regional Government has the responsibility to guarantee that employees who perform functions in public entities, your rights are guaranteedthat is to say, in the receipt of their salaries”.
The parliamentarians also requested “a copy of the minutes prepared by the Regional Labor Inspectorate on the situations described and the reports of the inspection actions carried out by KG Services.”
The Union of Trade Unions of Angra do Heroísmo (USAH) denounced a two-month delay in the payment of wages to the cleaning employees of the Aerogare das Lajes, in the Azores.
Union denounces delays in payments to cleaning staff at Terceira airport
There are about 10 people in this situation, without payment since May and, in some cases, with the vacation subsidy receivable. The contract is about to end and we fear that this situation will last much longer,” said the USAH coordinator, Vítor Silva, at a press conference at the Aerogare Civil das Lajes, on Terceira Island.
According to the union leader, the terminal, managed by the Regional Government of the Azores, is complying with the contract, but the cleaning company did not pay the salaries for June and Julynor the realization of bonuses for Social Security.
Vítor Silva said that the company does not have representatives in the Azores and does not answer to the union.
I tried six or seven different email contacts and got no response. We are even aware of situations in which even the court itself has difficulty contacting this company”, he reinforced.
Armanda Toste has been working for 23 years As a cleaning worker at Aerogare Civil das Lajes, she has already been hired by three companies, but she says that the situation has never worsened as much as it has in the last three years.
“I am finishing my vacations and neither a coat of arms nor my salary for the month of June. The month of July is coming to an end, without salary. Who pays our bills?” she asked.
Despite having received pay stubs and vacations, the last salary he received was referring to the month of May and they only have Social Security discounts made until April.
Source: Observadora
