Workers at Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP) will go on strike for 26 hours starting at midnight on Monday, called by the STRUN union, but some minimum services will be guaranteed by the transport company.
The strike will begin at midnight on Monday and will last until 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Service should resume as normal on Tuesday morning.
During the strike period, some minimum services are guaranteed, covering daytime and nighttime services and the entire network in the early morning, the STCP announced on Friday.
During the daytime service (between 6:00 am and 9:00 pm) lines 200, 201, 204, 205, 207, 208, 305, 500, 502, 600, 602, 700, 701, 702, 704, 801, 901 / 906, 903 and 907, and at night lines 200, 204, 205, 305, 502, 600, 602, 700, 701, 702, 801, 901/906, 903 and 907.
On the early morning network, all trips will be covered on lines 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, 5M, 7M, 8M, 9M, 10M, 11M, 12M and 13M.
On July 8, the coordinator of the STCP Workers Committee, João Paulo Silva, confirmed the strike, called by the Northern Urban Road Transport Union (STRUN), considering that the administration did not respond in a timely manner to the proposal for a salary review of no less than 8%.
João Paulo Silva explained that workers consider the salary increase made by the STCP management to be insufficient: 2% in January and 4.7% in April.
Around 400 workers met in plenary session, discussing the salary update of the 2024 base table, changes to the Professional Development System (SEP) and compliance with the Company Agreement.
The workers also demand that changes to the SEP “be made in the name of the system’s functionality, without worsening the evaluation parameters or questioning the current automation.”
They also demand “full respect” for company agreements, “without any changes in interpretation, i.e. justification for absences, sole agent and assistance in case of illness.”
The STCP administration stressed that it “reached an agreement for this year, last May, with four of the five unions that represent its workers.”
“These four unions represent the majority of the company’s workers. The only union that did not sign this commitment was STRUN,” he added.
Source: Observadora
