They report that five swimming pools in Palma have had their air conditioning broken for months

PalmaSom Sindicalistes has filed a formal complaint with the Palma City Council due to the persistence of serious deficiencies in the air conditioning systems of five municipal swimming pools, which have been out of order for up to two years in one case, a situation that affects working conditions. The formal complaint filed by the union with the IME demands the immediate repair of the faulty air conditioning systems and the correction of all deficiencies that prevent maintaining an adequate temperature in the different affected municipal facilities.

The air conditioning breakdowns "directly affect the working conditions of reception staff, monitors, cleaning staff, and maintenance staff, all integrated into privatized services," denounced Som Sindicalistes in a statement.

The affected facilities are the Marga Crespí-Son Ferriol, Rudy Fernández-Gènova, Son Roca, and Toni Servera-Arenal swimming pools, which have had air conditioning system breakdowns for months and, in some cases (at Toni Servera), for over two years, without a definitive solution being implemented.

Added to this are structural deficiencies such as deteriorated access doors or doors that do not close correctly, which significantly exacerbates the loss of thermal control in the workplaces.

These deficiencies are not limited to reception areas but extend to other spaces within the facilities, including changing rooms, thus also affecting users; and to the areas where monitors, cleaning staff, and maintenance staff carry out their activities, which indicates a generalized deterioration of environmental conditions in the centers.

This situation represents a prolonged breach of the minimum thermal comfort conditions required in workplaces and public areas, especially during periods of high temperatures, and demonstrates a lack of continuous maintenance by the responsible administration.

The affected personnel belong to companies awarded privatized services, "a circumstance that in no case exempts the IME from its obligation to guarantee safe, dignified, and adequate working conditions in all its municipal facilities," denounces the trade union organization.

Therefore, they demand the immediate repair of the air conditioning systems and request detailed information on the planned actions, execution deadlines, and the urgent adoption of effective provisional measures while the incidents persist.

The union denounces that the IME has "normalized" these breakdowns and warns that, if immediate measures are not taken, it will promote "the necessary union, administrative, and public actions until the effective resolution of the problem".