“The workers provided the response that the situation demands. The executive has no alternative but to abandon its draft labor legislation,” stated Mais Sindicato, SBN, and SBC in a communiqué.
According to the banking unions, the labor reform “represents precariousness disguised as freedom” and “weakens workers while inversely giving all the power to employers.”
Mais Sindicato, SBN, and SBC accuse the executive’s proposal of lowering labor costs, weakening the bargaining power of workers and unions, destabilizing parental equality, weakening collective bargaining, and skewing labor legislation in favor of employers.
Regarding sector participation, the unions noted that bankers are “traditionally very reluctant to strike,” but this time “responded positively, joining the strike” due to the seriousness of the labor changes, which led to “many branches closed and others open but with service suppression due to striking workers, as well as many services heavily impacted.”
The number of branches closed on Thursday is not specified.
Finally, the banking unions of the UGT consider that the strike is not the “end of the line,” but a “pressure force for change,” stating that negotiation still makes perfect sense “in defending workers’ rights.”
The general strike was called by the union centers CGTP-IN and UGT, against labor law changes advocated by the government.
While the government estimated strike participation between 0 and 10%, the unions reported participation above 80%.
