Transport strike today, last minute | The minister rules out negotiating this afternoon with the conveners and says that she is going to "inform them"

• Unemployment of carriers The keys to the agreement with the carriers: 20 cent bonus, direct aid per vehicle and resources for abandonment

• Strike of transporters Minister Raquel Sánchez meets today with the transporters of "the extreme right" and "the violent mobilizations"

The Minister of Transport,

, as required by this minority association that has called the strike that reaches the end of its second week.

Before them, she is going to brandish

, which claims to represent 85% of the sector.

Even so,

.

If

, the minister affirms that she is not going to have a second negotiation with them.

In an interview on Cadena Ser, she said that

of the sector.

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15:42

Feijóo criticizes "laziness, parsimony and indolence" of the Government

The president of the Xunta de Galicia and candidate to lead the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo,

".

"What else has to happen for me to make decisions?" he has wondered.

In addition, he has accused the president, Pedro Sánchez, of "arrogance" and has warned him of

. "

"You want to give the transport sector what it should have been given from day one so that there would be no conflict," he added.

In this context, he regretted that the President of the Government responds with "the manual of bad politics" to each problem that arises: "confront and insult, without talking about solutions, but blaming others".

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15:26

Transport resumes activity in the Valencian Community while the strike continues

A part of the transport sector is returning to normality in the Valencian Community after the agreement reached this morning between the Government and road freight carriers, while the platform of carriers that called the indefinite strike twelve days ago will meet this afternoon with the Transport Minister.

Fenadismer

, for its part, which also joined the strike, has also called a meeting this afternoon to decide its position.

The Valencian

belongs to this federation , which has supported the strike in recent days.

From

indicate to EFE that normality is returning and there are no records that incidents have occurred.

Asovaltra is awaiting the meeting convened at 5:00 p.m. by Fenadismer, while

is also awaiting the meeting with the Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez, scheduled for this afternoon, and which the carrier platform has achieved after meeting this Friday thousands of people in Madrid.

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15:09

Guitrans sees the transport agreement "positive for companies and freelancers"

The Gipuzkoan transport employer Guitrans has considered that the agreement reached this morning with the Ministry of Transport is

because they are "impressive" measures, but has warned that "they will be of no use if they are not reflected in transportation contracts.

Guitrans has pointed out in a statement that the agreement

He assures that the crisis has highlighted the "little margin" with which companies operate in the sector, "weighed down by abusive competition conditions that in many cases are being used by shippers to squeeze margins where there are none".

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15:01

Up to 260,000 trucks will benefit from the aid announced by the Government, according to UNO Logística

The logistics and transport business organization UNO has calculated that

will benefit from aid worth 1,250 euros and 500 euros, respectively, per vehicle, after the agreement reached between the main employers and the Government.

The president of UNO Logística, Francisco Aranda, has pointed out that it is "a very good agreement", which allows "transporters to resume their activity and return normality to the supply chain".

From the logistics employers they have pointed out that

(vans with a transport card of less than 3.5 tons) represents "a great and important advance, even more so at a time when, driven by e-commerce, last-mile transport has become a key part of the economy".

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14:48

The Minister of Transport gives an "informative" value to this afternoon's meeting: "We have negotiated with the legitimate representatives"

The Transport Minister, Raquel Sánchez, described the pact reached with the National Committee for Road Transport as a "very good, historic, unprecedented agreement".

Before the meeting this afternoon with the organizers of the strike, who are not represented in that dialogue with the Government, Raquel Sánchez has said that her objective is to "inform" them about the details of the agreement.

The minister has insisted that the minority Platform in Defense of the Transport Sector is indeed represented in the body that the Executive considers its interlocutor and, therefore,

.

"We have negotiated with the legitimate representatives of the carriers," she concluded.

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14:28

Vice President Calviño sees no reason for the transport strike to continue and trusts that the organizers will call it off

The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño,

in the sector after the "very good agreement" that has been reached this morning with the majority representatives of the carriers.

Calviño, in statements to La Sexta collected by Europa Press, has been convinced that this strike "will be deactivated and normalcy will be recovered" once the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, explains the

this afternoon the president of the Platform for the Defense of Transport, Manuel Hernández.

"I would send (the conveners) a message of responsibility. Read the agreement, listen to the minister's words, because this government acts with responsibility and loyalty with a sector that is essential for our economy and with which we are absolutely committed ( ...) This means that this strike has to be called off immediately so that the necessary normality can be recovered as soon as possible for the good of Spanish citizens," he stressed.

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14:11

Basque and Navarre transporters decide on Sunday if they continue the strike

The union of autonomous carriers of Euskadi and Navarra Hiru will hold an extraordinary assembly this Sunday to decide whether to maintain its support for the strike called at the state level by the Platform for the Defense of Road Transport.

The union's board of directors

to lower the price of fuel for professionals, among other measures.

However, the state platform that groups small carriers - calling for a strike that is about to last two weeks - was not summoned to that meeting, which meets this afternoon with the minister, Raquel Sánchez.

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14:00

Mercamadrid, at 85% activity, consolidates the recovery of goods

Mercamadrid has maintained activity around 85% of the usual for a Friday in March, but consolidates a week of recovery compared to last week's figures, sources from the distribution platform have confirmed to Efe.

From the main food platform in the country they have detailed that during this week, the second of the strike called by the Platform in Defense of the Transport of Goods, the entry of goods has remained stable at around 80 and 90% of its usual capacity.

At the moment,

and products that last week entered in less volume have been recovered.

During the first days of unemployment, the platform received half of the products.

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13:58

Díaz highlights the "enormous magnitude" of the agreement with transportation and shows "understanding" to the protesters

The Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, assured this Friday that the

reached between the Executive and the carriers

and shows that the Government is working in favor of the sectors affected by the crisis.

Speaking to the press upon her arrival at an event with the artistic sector, the minister also expressed "respect and understanding" for the workers who are demonstrating in the streets because "they have structural reasons" to do so, reports Europa Press.

"The people who are mobilizing in the street

to defend their rights.

are demonstrating . Therefore, understanding and respect for the people who continue to demonstrate today," he said. underlined the vice president.

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13:57

The port of Barcelona begins to recover normality

The port of Barcelona has begun this Friday to recover part of its normal activity due to the

, which has facilitated the

from the freight terminals after several days of blockades, reports Efe.

From the Port of Barcelona they have confirmed that part of the

in the terminals

throughout the territory, and they hope to be able to return to normality in the coming days after 90% storage capacity was reached yesterday, according to internal sources.

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13:54

Emptied Spain admits Vox's ability to appropriate carriers' demands

The coordinator of Empty Spain and deputy of Teruel Exists in Congress, Tomás Guitarte, admits the "ability" that Vox has had to appropriate the demands of the carriers, but pointed out to said party that these are not ideological and that the solution to they cannot be either, but must be of a pragmatic nature.

Guitarte did not want to "talk about instrumentalizing" the transport strike by Vox, because there are many protesters who do not sympathize with that party, but he admitted that

or that social sentiment and convey it to that many people think that the answer to this social malaise is to choose their political option", in an interview with Servimedia.

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13:48

Rocío de Meer and Mireia Borrás demonstrate with the carriers

The deputies of Vox Rocío de Meer and Mireia Borrás have participated in the concentration called by the sector in front of the Ministry of Transport, in which they have criticized "the abandonment of the Government" and have supported the protests, reports Europa Press.

The Vox spokeswoman before the Congressional Ecological Transition Commission, Mireia Borrás, has blamed the Government for this situation, which she attributes to "its climate laws" and "the 2030 Agenda", considering that it "ruins sectors" and "forces work at a loss" to their workers.

Next Thursday, the motion presented by Vox will be voted on after the urgent questioning of the Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez, for which she demanded a meeting with the callers of the strikes, in addition to other measures such as the maximum reduction of taxes to the fuel and prevent them from working below cost.

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13:49

Vox celebrates that the carriers maintain the strike and describes the agreement with the Government as "crumbs"

Vox supports

the decision of the Platform in defense of Transport to

reached this morning by the Government with the employers of the sector, which the party describes as "crumbs", reports Europa Press.

"The carriers of Spain are an example to follow. They are not going to accept the Government's crumbs of ruin and misery or that the 'sales workers' unions sell them for that," said this formation.

The Platform in Defense of Transport, convener of the mobilizations, has already announced its refusal to call off the strikes and has demanded that the Government negotiate with them directly.

In fact, the Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez, has finally given in to this demand and this afternoon, at 5:00 p.m., she will meet with the representatives of this platform.

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13:39

Traders applaud the transport agreement and demand responsibility to end the conflict

The Spanish Confederation of Commerce (CEC) has

by the National Committee for Road Transport (CNTC) and the Government to alleviate the rise in fuel prices, although it has expressed concern about the possible continuation of the unemployment, for which he

Said agreement contemplates some of the compensation measures that the confederation has been demanding for the commerce sector, considering them fundamental for its economic reactivation, reports Europa Press.

Among them, CEC reiterates the necessary approval of direct aid lines for SMEs in the trade affected by the "exorbitant" increase in energy costs or the extension of the expiration period of credits guaranteed by the ICO and the grace period.

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13:27

Minister Raquel Sánchez meets today with the carriers of "the extreme right" and "the violent mobilizations"

Mass demonstration in the streets of Madrid of carriers in front of the Ministry of Transport.

Here the complete information.

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13:15

Ayuso says that the government aid will be paid by citizens again

The president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has urged the Government of Pedro Sánchez this Friday to adopt "forceful" measures such as

, which mean that taxpayers return to pay "out of their pocket" those aids , reports Eph.

"It is not about subsidizing but about

, that they do not have to pay so many taxes so that it is so expensive that they can

," Ayuso said at an act in Brunete, asked by the agreement of the Executive with the carriers of a package of measures of 1,000 million euros.

Along these lines, he recalled that during the pandemic "it was intended to close everything and then minimize the damage through aid", while questioning

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12:54

Why does the carrier strike continue?

Who's who in the truckers' conflict?

These are the protagonists who have negotiated for more than fourteen hours with the Government.

Here the complete information.

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12:48

Between 4,000, 10,000 and 20,000 protesters outside the Ministry of Transport

The carrier protest has

according to police sources, although representatives of the Platform, the convener of the demonstration this morning before the Ministry of Transport, have raised this figure to 15,000-20,000.

For its part, the Government delegation in Madrid has calculated that some 4,000 transporters have responded to the call of the president of the National Platform in Defense of Transport, Manuel Hernández, who left at 10:00 a.m. from the Plaza de San Juan de la Cross towards the ministerial headquarters, very close.

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12:42

The food sector demands an end to strikes: "Every day that passes increases the cost"

He believes that it no longer makes any sense to continue with the mobilizations.

Here the complete information

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12:37

Miles de transportistas protestan en Madrid y corean: "Mañana a trabajar"

Miles de transportistas han acudido este viernes a la manifestación convocada en Madrid por la plataforma que inició el paro indefinido en el sector, y tras conocer que sus representantes se reunirán finalmente con el Gobierno han coreado entre otras consignas: "Mañana a trabajar".

El optimismo ha cundido entre los manifestantes una vez confirmado que el presidente de la Plataforma Nacional por la Defensa del Transporte, Manuel Hernández, será recibido por la ministra del ramo, Raquel Sánchez, a partir de las 17 horas.

La protesta -que ha discurrido fundamentalmente por el Paseo de la Castellana y que ha provocado cortes de tráfico- ha reunido a cerca de 10.000 personas, según han apuntado a Efe fuentes policiales, aunque representantes de la Plataforma han elevado esta cifra hasta las 15.000-20.000.

"Sí se puede", han coreado los manifestantes durante varios tramos del recorrido desde que la movilización arrancara, a las 10 de la mañana.

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12:34

FACUA cree que el acuerdo deja "vacías de contenido" las protestas del sector

FACUA-Consumidores en Acción ha señalado este viernes que tras el acuerdo alcanzado entre el Gobierno y los transportistas quedan "vacías de contenido" las protestas del sector salvo que el objetivo de las mismas sea "atacar" al Ejecutivo y no defender los intereses de estos trabajadores.

En rueda de prensa, el portavoz de esta asociación, Rubén Sánchez, se ha referido al acuerdo alcanzado la pasada madrugada, del que ha dicho que "atiende a las reivindicaciones" planteadas por el colectivo de trabajadores del transporte tanto en lo relativo a la bajada del precio del combustible como las subvenciones, informa Efe.

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12:18

Hernández, a horas de la reunión con la ministra: "Tiene que convencer a muchos transportistas"

"No estamos pidiendo subvenciones, sino unos precios garantizados para cubrir nuestros costes de explotación", ha señalado el presidente de la Plataforma Nacional en Defensa del Transporte, Manuel Hernández, que considera que "están eludiendo el problema de fondo".

La ministra Raquel Sánchez "tiene que convencer a muchos transportistas" ha dicho Hernández tras ser citado a las cinco de esta tarde en el ministerio de Transportes. La Plataforma Nacional en Defensa del Transporte considera que el acuerdo alcanzado esta noche "son migajas" y "una trampa" por lo que tras conocerlo ha manifestado que continuarán con los paros convocados hace hoy doce días.

For her part, the minister has encouraged those who plan to continue protesting to

and analyze what the measures are: "The important thing is whether it benefits, and

," reports Europa Press.

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