Are you going to travel to Portugal? The strikes will affect the circulation of trains until May 14
Until May 14, trains in Portugal may suffer disturbances, after several strikes, by different unions, As of this Wednesday, the seventh.
Stop that promises to affect the lives of many Portuguese citizens and workers, but also foreign tourists, who with the summer get closer and more, put the country on their list of destinations to visit.
Whatever your case, it is important to keep in mind that, May 7 and 8, The impact of the strike convened by several union organizations (Assofeco, Fectrans, Fentcop, Sinaph, Sindefer, Sympb, Sympti, Siofa, Snaq, SNSF, STF and Stmefe) while, From Sunday to Wednesday, It will be the turn of the arrest organized by the Railway Union of the Itinerant Commercial Review (SFRCI).
In addition, the fact that, During all these daysBeing ongoing Several stops, of different formatspromoted by the SMAQ (Portuguese of the union of iron routes), which will be in force during a Total period of one week.
Given these calls, CP – Portugal alerts of Portugal, In a statementthat “strong disturbances in the circulation are planned, with Special impact between May 7 and 13 “.
In addition, the same details of the entity, “the arbitral tribunal was not defined the minimum services”, so “CP does not guarantee the trains mainly on May 7, 8 and 9”.
Something to feel on Wednesday morning. According to him balance Made by the Federation of Transportation and Communications Unions (FECTRANS), cited here by Portuguese, the circulation of trains is currently stopped throughout the country, with a 100% adhesion to the strike of workers called by several trade union organizations today.
In a statementFecrans had already justified the need to carry out this detention after union organizations did not accept a “Imposition of the lowest salary increase than the national minimum wage”, that is under negotiation. And also, because, later, “they have agreed to the last proposal presented by the company’s management” in this regard, but were then informed by the president of CP “that could not implement it due to lack of government authorization”, which justified it with the fact that the Executive was in administration.
A thesis that also echoes Portuguese iron road union“The guardianship continues to take refuge in the argument of ‘management’ so as not to apply the agreement established for the restructuring of the salary tables, whose objective is the recovery of the purchasing power lost by the CP workers in relation to the minimum wage and the focus of their salaries to other companies in the railway sector in Portugal.”
What to do if you have already bought tickets?
No Warning Posted in your place, On the way to these detainees, CP – Portugal Combo reports that those who have already bought tickets to travel these days these days You can request a refund“In the total value of the ticket purchased.” Or eventually require “free exchange for another train of the same category and in the same class.”
On the issue of a policy that covers the pendular, intercities, international, interregional and regional services trains – Therefore, excluding urban trains.
The request for refund, or exchange, trips bought at the box office Online CP, or the mobile application of the rail transport company, can be done through the portal “MyCP“In the” your tickets “. But to do it, you must send it up to 15 minutes before the station of the station where your trip would begin.
However, it can also receive due compensation in CP ticket officers throughout the country.
“After this period, And up to 10 days after the strike endsThe reimbursement can be requested by completing the contact form online “Delay or refund of suppression”, sending the digitalization of the original ticket, “said the company.
