The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, assured this Tuesday that the Government "will do what is necessary" to avoid the indefinite strike called from this Monday the 14th by carriers through the Platform for the Defense of Transportation Sector.
In an interview on Telecinco, Sánchez has maintained that "it makes no sense" at the moment to propose a strike like this and has warned that "it does not benefit anyone, neither inside nor outside the sector." The minister has asked for time for the support measures already approved for the sector to be deployed and has opened the door to further improvements.
"What we have to do is continue working so that all the improvements we have introduced unfold their full effects. We are not going to achieve this by calling a strike and it is certainly not going to be another pressure weapon because we are already doing everything we have to do". Next, he has pointed out that the will is "that the carriers work in decent conditions."
After the stoppages in March, a package of measures to support the sector arrived, such as the prohibition of contracting at a loss. The stoppages are called by, according to the Platform, a double "breach" of the agreements: by the shippers, the companies that hire the carriers, for not respecting the pact of not having to work at a loss; and on the part of the Ministry of Transport for the attitude of the inspection that, according to what they say, would not be acting.
The minister has defended that the Government "has complied with each and every one of the agreements" reached with the sector, and has recalled that the decree that improved the conditions of carriers was approved in August, so "there is still no has unfolded all its effects. "We need more time to unfold its effects," she reiterated.
In any case, the minister has opened the door to improve what has already been approved to ensure compliance, but has asked that the rest of the transport organizations also be heard, which recognize that the conditions of the sector have improved and "that they have come out en bloc to reject the strike" called by this "certainly minority" platform, appealing to responsibility so that the call does not go ahead.
