The unionism of Messi and his companions: "We are not going to tolerate Barça infringing our rights"

• Barça.The players once again rebel against Bartomeu for the salary cut

The internal war continues at the Camp Nou, in parallel to the preparation of the classic, regarding the salary reductions proposed by the

to the players.

After two crossed burofax, the captains, led by

, have once again responded, in a letter agreed upon by their legal advisers and to which

has had access

, to the club, whose attitude they describe as "embarrassing", to warn that they will not allow "infringement of our rights

s ". The letter is signed by the four captains, Messi,

, in addition to the four of the subsidiary, who rely on the same argument, the right to negotiate separately from the rest of Barcelona employees, based on the special status granted by Royal Decree 1006/1985, which regulates the relationship of professional athletes Sent to the club last Tuesday, it contrasts that one of its signatories, Piqué, had already closed its renewal, announced that same day, after the match against the

.

Although the letter says that all the players are united in their claim, an aspect in which some of the consultants consulted reaffirms, the fact has generated disagreements between the heavyweights of the locker room.

THE ROYAL DECREE 1006/1985

"Labor and sectoral regulations

-referencing RD 1006 / 1985-

recognizes our right for the procedure to be developed in a specific way in our group, "the letter says." We will not tolerate - it continues - that the club violates our rights with the arguments made in its letter, which they consider that the only way to Obtaining its objective is through joint actions of all the groups and sections of the club, when at the same time they recognize, entering into a clear contradiction, that some of said groups and sections have already made the economic adjustments they intend. "" Their response seems very poor that RD 1006/1985 does not contain any provision that limits the representativeness of the Works Council with respect to the group of workers subject to special employment relationships, a statement that they do not argue in any way, "the letter continues, to add : "We find it embarrassing that they put in writing that our rights are guaranteed, offering us the choice of a representative of our col

active in a 13-member table, so that, in reality, our deterrent capacity is nil. "The captains also argue that" we have not appeared in any union election census nor have we been voters, so that the Committee of Company that exists in the club does not show our representation ".

Finally, they express their "discomfort and deep disappointment that these maneuvers by the club's leaders, lacking any legal backing, are causing in our group, as they highlight that our only will is to unilaterally impose their decisions, ignoring any discordant opinion in this regard. "They insist that" all members of the squad are united and are aware of the situation caused by the pandemic, being the first to make an effort to help our club, as we have already done, but in no case will we tolerate it serving as a pretext to abuse our rights. "

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