- The unions have made a joint appeal to the company to demand prevention and safety measures in working conditions. In fact, in recent months there have been 2 deaths in the factories of the Tubacex group in Barcelona.
Tubacex workers have called for a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, 29 October, on workers. ELA, STAT, LAB, CCOO and Independents will be concentrated at 13:00 hours in front of the entrance of the Laudio plant.
The unions have explained that after the death in July of a young Llodio worker in a work accident, they began to prepare the list for maintenance, safety and prevention measures. Before finishing, another operator lost his life in the company's infrastructure, where he was transferred to Donostia Hospital.
However, workers' organisations have stressed that management has taken them into account and that it has also accused and threatened them of negligence. Furthermore, they have warned that pressure and ill-treatment are constant.
In view of this situation, the trade unions have called for a strike and have asked the workers to join the protest in order to show their regret. The main demands of the protest are as follows:
- Ensuring real prevention and maintenance
- Failure of the company to take a unilateral decision
- That there should be no more threats against workers or against the workers' commission
- Where the absence of a worker is foreseen, fill the vacancy with another
- Upgrading infrastructure, "some are junk"