The Municipal Group Socialist councilor, Juan Vicente Larrosa, held Friday a meeting with firefighters of the municipality in relation to the indefinite strike that they have convened from January 1.
"Firefighters of Murcia denounce what the Socialist Group has been calling for a long time. The staff turnover eleven years no new additions and the average age of the service staff ago is 51 years," explained Larrosa .
"Not the same deal with a fire thirty years -HA fifty indicated PSOE councilor, although we have some great professionals who, despite the obstacles and the lack of attention from the relevant council, They made an admirable and necessary work "
The mayor announced that the Socialist Group asked that the first negotiating table in January convening of the thirty seats fireman and the twelve spaces interim driver takes, "that the opposition be made as soon as possible You can incorporate the new staff at the earliest ".
Larrosa has regretted that section of this group whose work is vital.
"Some of these firefighters have twenty-four hour shifts for fourteen days in August, representing a depletion bill that can happen. We recall that the lack of staff and unfavorable working conditions endanger the safety of these workers and also of the people who need their services in times of emergency ", said Larrosa, who has clarified that" firefighters do not ask for a raise, only that they be provided with facilities and working conditions that allow them to perform their task with complete dignity".
"Firefighters are a group that has assumed the costs of the crisis without demanding anything in return, which would have to be a little more lenient with these great professionals," he concluded.
Source: PSOE Murcia