Since last Thursday, workers from the Technical Inspection of Vehicles (ITV) of Andalusia are on strike. So where there used to be long queues, now there are only disoriented people and empty lines. “Is there a strike? I thought it was time to eat,” says one of the people affected. “Your inspection has been cancelled, “I just found out,” says another user.
Those affected received an SMS informing them that “on 21/09 there will be a strike in the stations”. VEIASA ITV. If we are unable to assist you, you will receive a message the day before or the same day of your appointment. Sorry for the inconvenience.” VEIASA is a company that depends on the Department of Industry, Energy and Mines of the Government of Andalusia.
Affected persons may request a cancellation certificate valid before the authorities, because passing the ITV for the rest of September will be impossible if you are an individual. Only public transport, ambulances or police cars they will be able to do it. The minimum services are 15% inspectors and 45% administration and them. The other workers are demonstrating.
This Friday was the second day of strike by VEIASA workers. According to the unions, 98% workers supported the strike, while the company puts it at 56.35%. Their demands are clear: they say they have had a contract since 2008 that should have been renewed 12 years ago. Romualdo Barcala of UGT Andalucía points out that “It’s been a long time and we can’t continue like this.”
The Administration, they say, is blocking it because increase in payroll they claim after 16 years. But in their demands they add other red lines: that they be assimilated to civil servants and that they be recognized with a toxicity bonus because of their exposure to asbestos.
