The general secretary of the Union of Telephone Operators of the Mexican Republic (STRM), Francisco Hernandez Juarezreported that the query to explode the strike It leads a trend in favor of placing the red and black flags in the workplace on May 11.
The affectations that a strike could imply, which has not happened since 1985, “is to leave the facilities, put up the strike flags, have guards and the negotiating commission will continue to be attentive to possible agreements. We do not lower the switch, but the fact that the workers are not attentive to failures, these accumulate, the service can collapse, there is a network of 500,000 users of fiber optic cableplus the support team that may be affected, ”said the union leader at a press conference.
He added that “the effects would not be seen immediately, we will only leave the facilities, this will be seen in the phone billscomplaints and procedures are suspended, the Telephone service As such, it is not suspended, but it is affected because as faults accumulate, it is noticed gradually.”
After questioning him about the intervention of the federal government in a requisition, because it is a service of public interest, Hernández Juárez maintained that “I have not the slightest idea what the government is going to do in the event that the strike breaks out, we hope it is not necessary reach an intervention.
The union leader stated that their demands, for which they have filed 4 summonses to strike against Telmexinclude a salary demand for a 7% salary increase, as well as covering the vacancies that have been uncovered for two years.
“The sites on strike are: one from real estate, one from Telmex for the annual review of Collective labor agreement; the next for violations of the contract and the last for failure to deliver vacancies that compromised the company, ”he explained.
This Monday will intervene the Secretary of labor and social securityand it will be until then when the final decision is announced, therefore the Telephone Operators Union will continue with the nationwide consultation in which at least 30,000 retirees out of a total of 55,000 union members participate.