Madrid's garbage strike lengthens as negotiations get more complicated: "We care more about conditions than money"

The Consistory is studying all the alternatives in case it has to take care, with its own or external means, of removing the garbage from the streets of Madrid that the companies are not collecting Read

Following Borja Carabante's mediation on Wednesday afternoon, negotiations resumed all morning and Thursday morning without any agreement being reached between companies and trade unions.

The Madrid garbage strike is going to become more complicated than the three parties involved (city hall, companies and unions) initially imagined. The reason: differences of opinion between the main points of improvement of the future agreement to be signed. Last night, CCOO, UGT presented a pre-agreement that was rejected by an overwhelming majority, 900 workers against and 200 in favor. However, RSU managed to convince the workers to not conf…

In these last days of April Madrid revives the conflict of the garbage when twelve years have passed since the former mayor Ana Botella qualified as "wild strike", in November 2013, which ended after thirteen days with a complaint in the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate the vandalistic acts, laying hands on Tragsa with external staff of temporary work companies to replace those of the concessionaires and 19 detainees. The then mayor eve…

This Saturday continues the strike of the waste collection service of the city of Madrid that started at 23:00 hours last Monday, which makes this strike the longest in the sector since 2013 that came out after twelve days of workers’ stoppage, according to EFE. The strike called by the unions CCOO, UGT and Professional Sector RSU Madrid affects the collection of household waste and containers of orange (rest), brown (organic) and yellow (plasti…

Trade union sources explain that the waste will take time to withdraw "due to the great accumulation" of these days. The negotiation will continue this Saturday. More information: Almeida fine of 1.6 million to garbage collection companies for not fulfilling the minimum services in the strike