After the murder of a driver of line 620 during an assault in Virrey del Pino, early this Monday the UTA launched a
collective strike
demanding greater security measures.
After noon the measure was extended.
But at the close of this information there was an assembly in which it was voted
to lift the measure of force at midnight
.
The Union of Auto Workers (UTA) issued a harsh statement for the fact:.
"The death of our partner adds to a number of episodes of insecurity that have been
affecting drivers, especially throughout the AMBA,
for which the UTA says ENOUGH and anticipates that the measures will be deepened as long as the authorities do not guarantee the conditions minimum safety at work in our entire sector," he said.
The measure of force initially affected lines
88, 96, 216, 218, 236, 269, 284, 325, 378, 382, 443, 620, 622 and 828, which circulate in the west of Greater Buenos Aires.
Many are from the company Almafuerte.
Protest for the death of Daniel Barrientos, a bus driver murdered in Matanza Photo Maxi Failla
During the afternoon, the "Juan Manuel Palacios" group, opposed to the national leadership of the UTA, which basically brings together workers from dozens of lines of the DOTA company, folded.
Those who ensured the cessation of activities from 12 noon to midnight.
For his part, Roberto Fernández, general secretary of the UTA, confirmed that the strike called this Monday by the union "was only in the western zone" and as regards a national strike, he stated that "it does not exist."
So did the body of delegates and the workers of line 60, who resolved to "abstain from tasks" and call general assemblies in repudiation of the crime.
They demanded that the national union "put itself in charge of these events and adopt the pertinent measures in unity with all the drivers, since the leaders have the responsibility of ensuring working and safety conditions."
There was also a roadblock
Added to the collective strike was a roadblock at General Paz and Route 3, in repudiation of the acts of insecurity.
The bus drivers interrupted traffic on the route of the Buenos Aires highway in both directions.
That was where the attack on the Buenos Aires Security Minister, Sergio Berni, took place.
They almost lynched the Buenos Aires Security Minister, Sergio Berni, cornered by protesters in La Matanza.
Photo Maxi Failla
"We want security, we are not asking for anything else," the drivers told TN.
They threaten to go to Plaza de Mayo if they do not have answers from the authorities.
It is that according to what they say , it is the same area where in 2018 Leandro Alcaraz,
another bus driver,
was murdered .
who made the route that went from General Paz avenue and Route 3 to Virrey del Pino, in La Matanza.
At the height of the Paroissien Hospital, in Isidro Casanova, Cristhian López Brizuela went up, a man who did not want to pay the ticket because he did not have a balance on the SUBE card.
Not being able to travel, he fired two shots at her.
Strike and power outage in General Paz (Photo Maxi Failla)
Despite this, they never received a response from the authorities with measures that guarantee their safety.
Barrientos, 65, was driving the unit along Calle Escribano, in the Vernazza neighborhood of Virrey del Pino, towards the head of San Justo.
According to the account of the driver's companions, a group of three criminals got into the unit around 5:30 in the morning to rob.
Protest for the death of Daniel Barrientos.
Photo Maxi Failla
The criminals tried to rob the few passengers who were in the unit.
They took a backpack from a woman who was in front and went to the back, where there was a policeman who was in civilian clothes.
There he called out a halt and started a shootout with the robbers.
Both managed to escape after the crime on land adjacent to a soda factory.
The police experts found seven bullet casings and the weapon of one of the criminals that fell during the escape.
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