The machinist unions name for a strike on the railway as a result of loss of life of two professionals in accidents | Spain | EUROtoday

The loss of life of two practice drivers on account of railway accidents, in Adamuz (Córdoba) and Gelida (Barcelona), has pushed the group to the restrict, whose majority union Semaf has introduced the decision for “a general strike” all through the sector “in search of giving legality and protection to the mobilizations of workers and users, in order to demand that the safety and reliability of the network be guaranteed,” an announcement reads. At the second it’s a warning with out particular dates for the mobilization and that coincides with the method of one other union power, CC OO: it additionally warns of basic strikes “in the absence of sufficient measures and actions.”

Semaf recommends one other distinctive measure to coach drivers, corresponding to decreasing the pace of site visitors, no matter what the restrictions point out, the place they see dangers on account of climate circumstances or the state of the infrastructure.

The highly effective union power calls the scenario of “constant deterioration of the railway” “unacceptable” and calls for pressing measures to make sure the integrity of each railway personnel and passengers. The ultimate straw is the incident with a fatality on Tuesday evening on the Catalan Rodalies community. The deceased practice driver is a 28-year-old younger man from Seville who was doing an internship at Renfe and had chosen Rodalies to finish the coaching. His loss of life is added to that of the motive force of the Alvia practice that crashed in Adamuz. Semaf speaks of a 3rd deceased skilled with out giving additional particulars, which opens the likelihood that he traveled on the Renfe Alvia that was injured on Sunday afternoon. This is an excessive that has not been confirmed by the general public operator.

Semaf calls for “criminal liability from the people in charge of guaranteeing safety in the railway infrastructure” for each occasions with deaths and dozens of accidents, recorded final Sunday and Tuesday. It additionally calls for that the opening of the Rodalies service in Catalonia not be carried out “without sufficient safety guarantees for circulation.”

The govt committee of Semaf already demanded this Tuesday the stoppage of site visitors in Catalonia within the scope of this commuter service offered by Renfe. He even issued a warning in order that practice drivers wouldn’t resume journeys once they arrived on the stations. The group attributes the accident of the Rodalies practice in Gelida to the storm, when a retaining wall on the monitor fell off, with which the practice collided because it handed. The rains additionally brought about a rock to fall on the rails in Maçanet, inflicting the derailment of one other convoy, on this case with out penalties for the occupants. Despite these being unexpected circumstances, the representatives of the machinist workforce are already demanding pressing measures.

Semaf has demanded this Wednesday morning the closure of factors of the Spanish railway community “in situations similar to Catalonia due to adverse meteorological causes.” The union’s recommendation to coach drivers of all railway firms is that they require that “safety be guaranteed on the route to be taken.” In the occasion that such ensures should not accessible, the measure have to be, within the opinion of the union power, “to adapt the train’s operation to the real conditions of exploitation of the infrastructure.” That is, driving beneath the pace limits.

For its half, in an announcement CC OO considers that “the safety of railway workers and those who use this public service cannot continue in the current situation.” “It is not acceptable that those who guarantee the operation of rail transport every day see their physical integrity compromised while carrying out their work,” laments this union.

This heart signifies that “in the absence of sufficient measures and actions” they may name “strike days or the pressure measures necessary to reach concrete commitments, adequate resources and effective protocols that prevent tragedies like this from being repeated.” CC OO additionally calls for “the immediate adoption of real and effective measures to review and reinforce security protocols, as well as a rigorous investigation of what happened.”

“It is essential to establish and apply clear and coordinated protocols between Civil Protection, Renfe and Adif, which guarantee the protection of railway personnel in risk situations,” concludes CC OO.