11th - 17tg August 2017
EST 2005
Calls to tackle urban bus assaults
CSIF contest work suspension
THE Independent Trade Union and Officials Center in Almerao (CSIF A) has demanded an urgent government response to bus attacks in Almeria. The union has said that in the last six months alone, more than a hundred aggressive incidents have taken place including stone throwing at passing vehicles in Almeria. Damage to date has included broken window panes potentially risking a collision and crash at a busy time of year. Incidents in the last 10 days have occurred on the motorway from Almeria to the city’s airport. CSIF note that aggression against drivers and vehicles often peaks in summer months, with an increased number of users, as well as longer nights, being factors in the rise incidents. The union is calling on local and governmental authorities, including the National Police, to take immediate action in urban areas to protect workers and users.
SPAIN’S Constitutional Court has decided to cancel the 35-hour working week proposed by the Andalucian Junta for its civil servants. The decision comes after admitting an appeal by the Andalucian government. The measure came into force on Januar y 16, 2017. The 35-hour working week was initially implemented in 1999, but suspended and increased in 2012 by Mariano Rajoy’s government as part of economic measures. According to the Independent Trade Union and Officials Centre (CSIF), the return to the 37.5hour working week (known as ‘Rajoy’s hours’) threatens the rise in 9,300 public sector jobs last quarter. LONGER WEEK: Prime Minister Rajoy (pictured) had increased The union says that weekly hours to 37.5 as part of economic measures. change will cause shortterm unemployment and threaten the on public employees which affect their quality of care of essential public services rights and will likely dry up further emin the community. They argue that public ployment opportunities in the coming employment remains far from the pre-cri- months. They stress that although there sis figures and, despite the increase in was a 72,200 fall in unemployed last employment numbers, an increase in quarter, the figures are negligible to the total number of one million across the rework hours threatens jobs. The union adds the change is an attack gion.