Truck chauffeurs downturn traffic after they choose to strike on 20-22 December in Madrid, Spain on December 15, 2021.
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Spain’s truck chauffeurs have actually aborted a three-day strike throughout the week leading up to Christmas after reaching an arrangement with the federal government late on Friday, the nationwide truck driving association stated.
It stated the arrangement suggests chauffeurs will not need to load and dump items from trucks, a “historic claim of the sector that benefits working conditions.”
The arrangement will likewise cut in half the quantity of time chauffeurs will need to wait prior to they are entitled to additional pay and guarantee tolls on heavy transportation are not carried out without the arrangement of the nationwide truck driving association.
The strike had actually been called from midnight onDec 19 to midnight onDec 22. Truck chauffeurs had actually implicated the federal government of overlooking their complaints and customers of insensitivity and exploitative behaviour.
It would have interrupted supply chains and items shipment at a time of increased financial activity in the added to Christmas and New Year events.
“This is an historic agreement that improves the conditions for the transport of goods and will make it possible to cancel the stoppages planned for Christmas,” Transport Minister Raquel Sanchez tweeted.
