The mayor of Cartagena, José López, and the deputy mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, held a meeting with representatives of the municipal water service committee this afternoon.
The meeting took place in the administrative building of San Miguel and was attended by the general director of Infrastructures, Manuel Nicolás.
The meeting, which has been valued as satisfactory, has served for the municipal government has reiterated to workers the respect they feel for their rights and those of all employees of municipal concessionaires.
Thus, the first mayor has argued that due to this respect and consideration, the items relating to workers have not been reduced by municipal technicians in controlling and establishing the costs of the service.
Lopez has transmitted to the members of the company committee that the concern and doubts that the concessionary company generates in the workers do not originate in the municipal scope, but have their origin in the obstructionist attitude of the mercantile and its interest in that other agents Defend a management that generates extra costs in the tariffs of the neighbors.
Lastly, the mayor sent a message of calm to the works council informing them that, given the possibility of having an impact on the contract with the concessionaire, the labor rights of the workforce will be guaranteed according to the legislation and will Of the municipal government
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena