The workers of the Rodoviária de Lisboa (RL) will carry out a 24-hour strike on Monday, starting at 03:00, to demand better wages, a union source informed Lusa on Wednesday.
This will be the 15th strike that the drivers of RL have been carrying out since July of last year, the last stoppage having occurred on July 1, when a strike notice was also presented for overtime during the month of July.
Speaking to the Lusa agency, João Casimiro, from the Independent Union of Workers of the Rodoviária De Lisboa (SITRL), explained that the workers’ claims are related to the reasons for the latest strikes, that is, a salary increase to 750 eurosin order to “compensate for the increase in the minimum wage.”
The company continues without responding to our demands and, once again, we will proceed to strike”, lamented the trade unionist.
Among the demands of the workers are also the update of the salary of the other workers in the same percentage as that of the drivers, the update of the food subsidy in the same percentage terms of the increase in the salary of the drivers, the reduction of the rest interval for a maximum of two hours and the improvement of the maintenance run.
Lusa contacted a source in RL management for a reaction, but so far, I did not receive an answer.
Currently, Rodoviária de Lisboa, a road passenger transport company, operates in the municipalities of Lisboa, Loures, Odivelas and Vila Franca de Xira, all in the district of Lisboa, serving some 400,000 inhabitants.
In January 2023, RL will integrate the newly created Lisbon Metropolitan Transports, which will operate in the 18 municipalities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
Source: Observadora
