UGT denounces it: "The dissolution of the Housing Board in Palma has been carried out without negotiation"
They criticize that the only thing that has been given to the staff is a document that "is limited to indicating the departmental assignment and the generic functions of the staff"
PalmThe UGT Public Services union has denounced the lack of collective bargaining in the dissolution process of the Palma Municipal Housing and Comprehensive Neighborhood Rehabilitation Board (PMHRIBA) and has demanded that the working conditions of the 25 employees, who have been incorporated into the Palma City Council's staff, be maintained. The union has denied that the dissolution of this body was negotiated with the workers, as recently stated by the Councilor for Urban Planning and Housing, Óscar Fidalgo, reminding him that "informing is not negotiating." UGT Public Services has insisted that the dissolution of the Palma Municipal Housing Board was not negotiated with either the staff representatives or at the Palma City Council's joint general negotiation table, which are the "only legal channels that guarantee real and effective negotiation," as established by current labor regulations. "The only thing that has been given to the staff is a document called the Organizational Plan, which cannot be considered as such because it is limited to indicating departmental assignments and generic staff functions," complained sources from UGT Public Services. The union considers it "extremely serious" that the dissolution of the Housing Board was approved without negotiating an organizational plan that defines issues such as the working hours of its former staff, the actual functions of the positions, and compensation. "It cannot be stated that working conditions will be maintained when they have not been previously analyzed or negotiated," lamented UGT Public Services. The union has again demanded that a "real" negotiation process be opened "immediately," starting with the Housing Board representatives and continuing at the general negotiation table of the Palma City Council. "Administrative reorganization cannot be carried out at the expense of labor rights, nor through unilateral decisions that violate the fundamental right to collective bargaining. The absence of social dialogue and the imposition of decisions that directly affect working conditions cannot be normalized," concluded UGT Public Services.
