Protests by officials and staff hired by the Cartagena City Council over the suspension of the working conditions agreement have further raised the tone in recent hours. Yesterday, in the traditional act of the ‘Call’, They tried to prevent the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, from being heard during her speech, with beeps and shouts.
This morning the rope has been tightened even more as the unions They have cut off the entrance to Cartagena through Paseo de Alfonso XIII for about 45 minutes, at rush hour, between 8:30 and 9:15, through a caravan of vehicles, collapsing traffic and forming large retentions.
After these latest events, from the consistory they affirm that they are “rethinking” the meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow Friday with the unions and they don’t know if they will come. They also ask for “respect” for Easter, after protests during the first of their acts. Regarding the union request that the mayor meet with them in person, Ana Belén Castejón answer that any member of the government team is a valid interlocutor.
Juan Jesus Moreno, President of the Staff Board of the Cartagena City Council, representing the CCOO, UGT, SIME and CSIF unions, confident that tomorrow’s meeting will finally take place and that the mayor preside over it.
It indicates that the vehicle caravan this morning had all the permits and announces that they will continue with the mobilizations if they do not reach an agreement with the City Council. The unions are confident that an agreement can be reached tomorrow at a meeting that, for the time being, is still convened.
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