The strikes that affect CP have led today, the last day of the stoppage, to the suppression of 109 trains of the 646 scheduled between 00:00 and 19:00, which represents 16.9% of the total, according to data sent by the carrier to Lusa agency. .
Thus, 537 trains were built in the same period, the company said.
In the long-haul service, 9 trains out of the 50 planned were canceled and, in the regional service, out of the 192 planned, 50 did not run.
In urban Lisbon, 38 trains out of the 256 scheduled were cancelled, while in Porto, out of an estimated 127, 8 trains were cancelled.
In the urban areas of Coimbra, 4 trains out of the 21 estimated did not take place.
Until today, at CP, the workers whose normal working day covers more than three hours in the period between 00:00 and 05:00 have gone on strike after the seventh hour of service.
At Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) and also until today, the workers whose normal working day exceeds three hours in the period between 00:00 and 05:00 have gone on strike after the seventh hour of service.
These stoppages were decreed by a platform of unions made up of ASCEF – Union Association of Middle Managers of Railway Exploration; SINFB – National Union of Railway Workers of Braçais and Allied; o SINFA – Independent Union of Railway, Infrastructure and Allied Workers; o FENTECOP – National Union of Transport, Communications and Public Works; SIOFA – Independent Union of Railway Workers and the like; ASSIFECO – Independent Trade Union Association of Commercial Railway Workers and STF – Railway Technical Services.
The National Union of Machinists of the Portuguese Railways (SMAQ) was also on strike throughout this month, given the “attitude of contempt” of which it accuses the company.
Among the demands of the workers are “effective salary increases”, the “valorization of the haulage career” and the improvement of working conditions in the driver’s cabs and social facilities and of the safety conditions on the roads and parks for the protection of the motor material. .
The workers also ask for a “humanization of work shifts, fixed meal times and reduction of breaks outside the headquarters”, an “effective psychological monitoring protocol for train drivers in case of accidents or accidents” and the “recognition and appreciation of the professional and training requirements of train drivers by the new legislative framework”.
Source: Observadora
