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The Union of Workers of the Offices, Commerce and Services of Portugal (CESP) denounces pressure on the workers of the Pingo Doce stores in relation to the opening of stores at 6:30 am next Saturdays and Sundays.
Speaking to TSF, union leader Filipa Costa revealed that Pingo Doce workers will no longer be paid to open stores earlier this weekend. Only two more hours will be counted for the workers’ hour bank.
“There is always contempt for workers, and we are talking about two more hours a day at zero cost, because they go to the bank for hours,” disputes Filipa Costa, underlining that this is a “concern” for the union.
The union attacks the Pingo Doce hypermarkets, which it says were “pioneers in the matter of deregulation of schedules”, so CESP is not surprised that it is also the first “to advance with this type of measure.”
“We know that Pingo Doce is now carrying out a campaign for a 50% discount on toys, we know that there is all the benefit of opening the store for a few more hours, at no cost to the company, and it is only profit,” says Filipa Costa. .
The leader denounces the pressure the workers have received and confirms that the union has received complaints.
“There is pressure to go to work that day. Someone who enters at 6:30 am may not be able to take transportation or not even have public transportation to take,” he recalls. “Then, the company is responsible. The worker does not have to go by car, he does not have to look for an alternative to pay what is necessary to go to work at that time. That is the responsibility of the company and there cannot be that pressure about the worker “. worker of: ‘Go there, but you have to enter [a essa hora] and it is over! ‘”Says Filipa Costa.
The union’s criticisms are also in line with the positions already expressed by some mayors, who complain that the lack of clear rules by the government allows asymmetries between small businesses and large commercial areas.
“The measures that the government has taken must be clear. What defines the state of emergency is that there is a curfew. There are a number of exceptions to that curfew – well, because people have to eat and they have to go. shopping – the question is that it leaves empty spaces for there to be one type of situation for one type of business and another type of situation for another type of business ”, points out the trade unionist.“ This cannot happen, it is unfair, especially because the conditions that a Pingo Doce has are not the same as those of the store around the corner. “
This morning TSF tried to clarify the reason that led Jerónimo Martins to announce the opening of the Pingo Doce stores at 6:30 am next weekend, but the company says it has nothing to add.
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