Date: December 23, 2023 Time: 12:58:56
UGT and CCOO have refused to continue negotiations with Iberia and have resumed the strike call for handling workers during Christmas, this time for January 5, 6, 7 and 8, in the middle of the Three Kings holiday and operation return from the Christmas holidays.
As reported by the unions, after a meeting at the Iberia headquarters between the company’s management, the unions themselves and representatives of the Ministry of Transport, no agreement was reached, which is why they announced this measure, which had been suspended last year. Wednesday.
The protest comes after Iberia lost the handling service (ground services) at eight of the country’s main airports, except Madrid, in the tender awarded by Aena in September, so it must replace the workers who provide this service through Iberia Airport Services in the new concessionaires.
The unions do not want this subrogation and are betting that Iberia does ‘autohandling’ for all the companies in the group – al -queh G, AER LINGUS AND LEVEL – An Option That The Company Rules Out Because It Has Higher Costs than contracting it with third parties and It would lead to it losing positions with its competitors.
The airline has proposed creating a “hybrid” model owned by an IAG Group company, “even exploring the possibility of this vehicle being 100% owned by the IAG group at airports where it made sense”, which would carry out the handling for all flights. airlines of the group in the eight airports in which the company lost the license and that would preserve the competitive position of the business.
The unions do not accept this ‘joint venture’ with a new company not owned by Iberia, “without applying the current Iberia agreement and assuming responsibility for the workers’ costs” and ask that a company 100% owned by Iberia manage the ‘autohandling’ for the IAG group.
Iberia regrets in a statement that the unions are breaking dialogue with the company and resuming the call for an “unjustified” strike, so their proposals “are automatically withdrawn” and “the only solution contemplated is subrogation to the companies awarded the contest”.
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