A protest rally is scheduled to take place today, Friday, April 26, in Thessaloniki.
Specifically, at 11:00 AM workers at the OASTH will hold a protest rally outside the Organization’s offices on Papanastasiou Street, as part of today’s work stoppage. The workers are asking, among other things, for collective labor agreements and raises. They are also protesting the launch of a tender for the assignment of a transport project to a private individual.
In detail, in a relevant announcement, the employees of the OASTH state:
“How long will the citizens of this city and everyday passengers of the only means of public transportation to date continue to rely on it?
At a time when the city is suffocated by traffic due to the works on the ring road and the start of operation of the metro is constantly being postponed, the Thessaloniki Transport Project Organization announced the start of an open public tender for the concession of a transport project to private individuals in the amount of €646,800,000 with competitive dialogue…!!!
Various questions are raised:
• Based on which transport map was the competition designed??? The last transport map for the city of Thessaloniki was compiled in 2004!!!
Do they know what is the work that the transport project providers in the city will be called upon to do after the metro is operational???
Where do the 22,500,000 vehicle kilometers and the 250 buses come from???
• How is it possible that in Attica the tender concerns the awarding of approximately 13% of the transport project to a private individual, when the corresponding tender in Thessaloniki concerns over 50%???
• How is it possible that in Attica the amount of the option to increase the physical and financial object of the competition amounts to 4% and the corresponding amount in Thessaloniki reaches 20%????
• Could it be that the discredit experienced by the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization in all the previous years was not just a coincidence, but paved the way for the re-assignment of the transport project to private individuals?
At the same time, the employees of the Organization once again find ourselves trapped with the problems we face (signing of S.S.E., issuance of F.E.K. unhealthy allowance, etc.) to be referred for resolution in… a future time.
That’s enough. The Administration of O.A.S.TH. and the political leadership of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, must assume the responsibilities assigned to them and provide definitive solutions and answers to the problems of urban transport in our city and the workers in it.
We announce a warning work stop for Friday 26/4/2024 from 10:00 to 14:00″.
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