Transport strike, last minute | Carriers are resuming activity and the Platform urges to "hold on"

• Labor 120,000 truckers are wanted: the demand shoots up 52% ​​in one year but they pay 2.1% less

The Minister of

, Raquel Sánchez, has considered this Tuesday the claims of the carriers who have been supporting strikes for

in protest at the

whom she has encouraged to read the agreement reached last week .

spent with the industry.

During an interview in Cuatro, the minister has considered that

to maintain this "minority strike" and, although she sees these demands as "legitimate and respectable", she has insisted that the Government has been sensitive to the situation caused by the rise in fuels and is "serving all sectors"

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Carriers are resuming activity and the Platform urges to "hold on"

Freight carriers are resuming activity, as recognized by the platform calling for the strikes, which urges them to "endure" the pressure, coinciding with the approval in the Council of Ministers of the measures agreed last week with the most representative organizations of the sector.

The Council of Ministers has approved the package of support measures agreed last week between the Government and the majority representatives to compensate for the rise in fuel prices, among which the bonus of 20 cents per liter of fuel and direct aid per vehicle, totaling more than 1,000 million euros.

On this sixteenth day of strikes there have been minor incidents in Barcelona and in the ports of Bilbao and Valencia, according to industry sources.

Yesterday the traffic of heavy vehicles reached 94%, 5.9% less than a normal day, and 23.4% more than a week ago when the strike of carriers registered its highest follow-up, Efe has been informed by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, with data from the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

The National Platform for the Defense of Road Transport, convener of the strikes, has asked truckers and professional drivers to "endure" the pressure to go back to work and assures that it maintains 80% of the support it had, although it recognizes that a "Small part" of the self-employed have resumed activity.

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