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According to Algirdas Markevičius, director of the largest institution’s union, the council decided on Tuesday to offer employees a two-day warning strike at the beginning.
“I think there will be warning strikes on October 21 and 22, and if there is no consensus after a week, we expect a real indefinite strike from the 28th,” he said.
According to him, the warning strikes will take place in the morning, starting from the first planned trip, that is, at 5.30 p.m. until 7.30am to avoid further inconvenience to Vilnius residents during the eastern peak. About a third of buses and trolleybuses will run even now, according to court interpretations that it is a social service and must be provided even during a strike.
Details of the strike will be coordinated with the Vilnius Public Transport Administration.
Voting for union members takes place October 13-15. The legislation states that a strike can be declared with the approval of a quarter of the voters.
The unions require the management of the company to continue with the commitments acquired in the 2018 collective agreement without worsening the “legal and social, economic situation” of employees, addressing the issue of salary increases by one tenth, and the possibility of having lunch.
In recent weeks, the Vilnius Public Transport Union, near the capital’s municipality, has been organizing an indefinite picket to demand that drivers have the opportunity to eat lunch and increase their salaries by a tenth.
The mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, has previously said that the salaries of public transport employees are increasing, they are paid on time, even though the company’s income has fallen due to the pandemic, and the vehicle fleet has been It has been renovated and the working conditions are good.
According to the mayor, the picket is not about working conditions, but about “political action”, since the trade unionists belong to “opposing political parties” and do not agree to change the incentive system in the company, focusing on new ones. or employees. employees.
In total, Vilnius public transport employs about 1.9 thousand people. employees, about 1.4 thousand. they belong to unions.
