Barcelona Lifeguards Call Off 27-day Strike

BARCELONA lifeguards person called disconnected an extended 27-day onslaught connected Thursday, August 28, aft yet reaching an statement pinch nan Barcelona City Council. The lifeguards had been protesting successful a onslaught organised by nan CGT Union to unafraid a much beneficial labour statement and to get much occupation stability.

The astir month-long strike reached an extremity aft nan lifeguards were capable to scope an statement pinch nan Council that landed them improvements to their moving conditions and action to meet their astir important demands. The lifeguards had claimed their seasonal occupation was unsustainable fixed nan precocious costs of surviving successful nan Catalonia superior and tourism powerhouse.

The woody drafted by nan parties provided 26 further moving days arsenic good arsenic much unit during nan debased season, and much moving days during highest season, an summation of 21 days total. An further information of nan statement is that nan lifeguard cabins must beryllium afloat staffed from nan 3rd play of May and each passim highest play weekends. According to nan Council, these measures will costs nan metropolis astir €300,000 more, connected apical of nan €2.5 cardinal nan lifeguard work already costs.

On nan portion of nan Barcelona City Council, nan statement and nan solution of nan conflict was warmly welcomed. In a metropolis that is celebrated successful nary mini portion owed to its beaches, it’s imperative to person a contented lifeguard staff, particularly during highest play erstwhile they are needed to perpetually show nan waters arsenic they flood pinch visitors and residents enjoying nan sun and sea.

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