They will strike for 24 hours on Thursday 16 May and will demonstrate with a sit in front of the headquarters of the regional transport departmentin via Leonardo Da Vinci in Palermo from 09:30 onwards, the workers of Segesta Autolinee, Etna Trasporti and Interbus. “In these companies – says the regional secretary of Fit Cisl Sicily, Davide Traina – not only are the signed agreements not respected, but on a daily basis the shifts in force do not comply with the contractual rules and regulations in force on the subject of workplace safety, jeopardizing the safety of workers and users. We need to remodel the scheduled shifts for driverswhich do not respect those actually carried out, in terms of driving, travel and rest times. A working time exceeding 12 hours a day is no longer sustainable, with a driving commitment that exceeds 5 continuous hours”. “
Then there is also the issue of the vehicles, which are too old to guarantee safety. This risks tragedy -adds Traina – The various requests made in recent months to the Regional Department of Infrastructure and Transport which provides public funding and to the Prefecture have to date had no follow-up”. From Fit they add “a dispute that has been going on for too long now, due to the company’s clear desire to avoid union confrontation. The next tenders for the assignment of minimum services aim at improving the services, both from an organizational point of view and in terms of raising quality and efficiency standards, through compliance with rules on safety at work ”.
