of cuts since the takeover by Mediapost, application of an inferior
convention, a wage freeze, reduction and elimination of outstanding
leave, and all the silence of the works council, the CNT decided after
two months of protests to call a strike on June 28- 30, coinciding with
the negotiations in Madrid, having three goals and many reasons.
The first was to publicize the cuts that had already occurred here in
Barakaldo, the second to report what they want with the new enterprise
agreement and the third to pressure both the company and those who
negotiate on our behalf, so that the measures would not be against the
interests of the workers.
We believe that thanks to the solidarity of the CNT, which made protests
in major cities where Mediapost has its headquarters (Madrid,
Barcelona, Malaga, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Barakaldo) some of the
objectives of the strike have already been fulfilled .
Despite the statement against the strike that the council a few days
before it, the pressure received by those on strike or that would ne,
the strike got support and greater involvement in the Left Bank,
especially in towns like Santurtzi and Barakaldo where practically every
dealer was on strike, in other areas dealers were also on strike, as
well in Bilbao, in the center and the neighborhoods of the Right Bank.
The strike, which lasted from 6:45 to 20:00 was accompanied by about
15 actions such as pickets, caravans of cars, rallies and acts of
solidarity across the peninsula. Acts where the trade union branch felt
the warmth of the CNT’s solidarity.
We can say that the ongoing strike and mobilization have demonstrated
the capacity that a good number of workers together, ready to defend
their rights and their future, can have.
Now through informational picketing more workers are better informed of
their rights. Also people throughout the country are beginning to find
out what the reality is about the work in Mediapost.
We comrades will continue to fight until our rights are respected and a dignified solution is reached.
Until they respect our rights, the CNT will fight!
CNT SECTION In MEDIAPOST, BISCAY
