WE KINDLY INFORM THAT THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT OF USB-PRIVATE WORK HAS PROCLAIMED A 4 HOURS STRIKE OF LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR THE DAY 18 JUNE 2020 FOR THE FOLLOWING MOTIVATIONS:

1. PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN PHASE 2;

2. NO MEASURES IN SUPPORT OF TPL WORKERS LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT;

3. REPUBLICATION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

SUCH ABSENCE, IF NOT REVOKED, MAY RESULT IN DELAYS OR DELETIONS OF RAILWAY AND AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES FROM 5.15 PM TO 9.15 PM.

IN ADDITION, WE COMMUNICATE THAT:

• IN THE PREVIOUS STRIKES INVOLVED BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION THERE WERE NO SUBSCRIPTIONS BY THE PERSONNEL.

HOWEVER, IT IS TO BE KEEP IN MIND THAT:

• THE STRIKE CONSTITUTES A CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, EVEN AS COLLECTIVE PRACTICE, AND THAT THERE IS NO OBLIGATION FOR THE WORKER TO DECLARE PRIVIOUSLY HIS ABSENCE FROM WORK;

THE WORKER MAY ADHERE TO ANY PROTEST EVEN IF HE IS NOT MEMBER OF THE TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PROCLAIMED OR HAS JOINED THE STRIKE.