The Holaluz staff began an indefinite strike this Tuesday in defense of their working conditions, a protest called by their works council, which denounces that the group wants to completely eliminate teleworking to encourage some of the staff to leave the company. Sources from the committee have assured EFE that the strike is partial, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, at a rate of four hours per day, two hours in the morning and another two in the afternoon. In the first round of strikes there has been a follow-up of between 20 and 25%, approximately, according to these sources, who add that the second strike of the day will take place between 4 and 6 p.m. The Holaluz committee chooses this way for protesting the salary freeze that the workforce – made up of about 250 people – has faced for three years, the layoffs in the last year, the loss of labor rights and the elimination of teleworking. This Tuesday at noon, about 50 people gathered at the doors of the Holaluz headquarters to protest the company's approach, the same sources said. The committee is especially upset by the imposition, as of January 28, of the return to face-to-face work all week, despite the fact that the company policy had been one of broad flexibility in recent years. The committee considers that the company, which has been going through a difficult situation for the last year, seeks to impose this measure to encourage the voluntary departure of workers from the company. «In a situation of salaries frozen for years for the majority of the staff, loss of rights, layoffs and constant changes in teams, management's speeches increase tensions, going so far as to directly invite people to leave,» he said. last week the committee in a statement. In December the company presented a substantial modification of working conditions and proposed, in addition to the elimination of remote work, the elimination of the last acquired rights, such as language courses or insurance. doctor, adds the committee. “The works council and the unions consider that the workforce faces a hidden ERE. The management has not shown any intention to reach a favorable agreement for the workers and, even before exhausting the negotiation period for the substantial modification of working conditions, has directly invited anyone who does not want or cannot continue to leave to leave. in the company with these new conditions,” stated the committee's statement made public last week.
