Unions call for eight-day ground handling strike Iberia in the middle of Christmas. UGT And Working commissions (CCOO) will register this Thursday a call for strikes on December 29, 30 and 31, and January 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Both trade union centers agreed in their internal bodies to protest the shares due to an open conflict with the company after the loss of licenses for this service at several major airports during an open tender announced by the manager. Ena. They are protesting the company’s refusal to create autoprocessingthat is, providing itself and the airlines of the IAG group with escort services for aircraft that will now remain in the hands of other private companies.

From the company he heads Fernando Candela They express “huge disappointment” at the call, which they describe as “irresponsible”. In this sense, they remind that a strike of this caliber “causes irreparable harm to the right to leisure and the reunification of families and friends on such important dates, and does so in this case irresponsibly and senselessly.”

“Since the decision in the Aena bankruptcy case became known on September 26, in parallel with the legal process undertaken by the company and the trade unions themselves to protect the interests handling skills Within the Group, Iberia works intensively with social representatives to find a mixed and sustainable solution that addresses the core concerns of its workers,” the company statement adds.

Union sources consulted Independent They assume that no agreement on minimum services will be reached and that the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility will be in charge. Oscar Puente the person responsible for issuing them, by means of a resolution.

During the dialogue, Iberia explained to most unions why autoprocessing and the resulting partial subrogation “is not a viable solution” as it would mean that “those with the longest tenure and therefore the highest salaries would remain with the Group”.

According to Iberia, this will mean that operators winning the tender will have staff with the lowest wage costs, so they will be able to offer much more competitive prices than those that can be achieved through autoprocessingcreating a competitiveness gap between the main Spanish airlines (Iberia, Iberia Express, Vueling) and the international operators who will enter into contracts with the new operators that win the competition.

In a statement, Iberia highlights “the difficulty of conducting autoprocessing“, as he claims that “this would mean serious damage to the competitiveness of the company and all IAG airlines, with the attendant economic consequences and with an irresistible condemnation of this business in the medium term.” “The company has applied for participation in the tender. Eny with highly competitive proposals designed to win, and does not abandon the judicial strategy, considering the decision of the competition unfair and unreasonable,” he continues.

Ena asks you not to interfere with the process.

Ena herself, the guide Maurici Lucena has issued several statements in recent weeks calling on IAG to make a decision as soon as possible and even asking it “not to interfere” with the transition of the service to new contractors.

Iberia, for its part, blames the unions and assures that neither the acquired nor the future social rights of workers, labor rights, economic rights or trade union rights are “minimally affected or threatened.” In this sense, it ensures the protection of these rights thanks to the recent signing of the V Industry Convention, signed by all trade unions.

In this sense, they emphasize that the above-mentioned agreement governing labor relations in the health sector handling skills, guarantees subrogation to all employees company-owned which lost tenders, in this case Iberia, to the winners of the Aena tender.

Among the open-ended guarantees for workers established by Agreement V are a guarantee of wages calculated for the last 12 months, with wage revisions agreed upon in the operator or industry agreement; guarantee of the same annual working hours and vacation days as during the last 12 months; guarantee of work experience; guarantee of a uniform contract and labor group; guarantee of revision of wages established in operator or industry agreements, all concepts; guarantee of acquired rights to use air tickets; and guarantee of pension plans.