The agreement reached ‘In Extremis’ last Sunday to distrust seven strike days in Renfe and Adif for the whole country goes beyond the trigger for the transfer of Rodalies to the Generalitat de Cataluña and also incumbent for key issues for the Renfe and Adif templates at the national level … . Especially in what concerns the first, when in the coming years its future is played for the opening to the competence of public service obligations (OSP) that will end with the historical monopoly of the State’s rail operator in the services of near and medium distance.
In view of this process, the workers’ representatives achieved throughout the weekend signed on Sunday the armor of the renfe and adif templates “in all possible cases of subrogation, succession of similar companies or businesses”, as reflected in the writing of the text signed by Semaf CC.OO., UGT, SF and SC on the union side, and by the Secretary of State for Transportation, José Antonio Santanothe president of Adif, Luis Pedro Marco de la Peñathe president of Renfe, Álvaro Fernández Heredia and the Minister of Territory of the Generalitat, Silvia Panequeon the institutional side.
It is an extreme that would be fulfilled if Renfe loses future tenders of near and medium distance lines that operate today. In those cases, the trains and workers would be forced to transfer to the company winning the contest, but with the firm started yesterday, the right of employees to decide “voluntarily” their permanence in the Renfe and Adif group, as it is reflected in the agreement to which this newspaper has had access, is “guaranteed”. This means that machinists and other personnel can continue to be part of Renfe if they wish, forcing the new operator to look for drivers in the market at a time of difficulty finding these profiles in some parts of Spain.
First tenders
The first near and medium distance openings The competition should be imminent. The contract signed between the Ministry of Transport and Renfe travelers for the OSP, in force until 2028 but extendable until 2033, already provides for this year the tender of at least 3 % of the total value of the contract, with a view to the fact that on January 1, 2026 the services can be provided by the winners. At the moment the department of Oscar Puente has not spoken about when the tenders or the lines that will be affected will be carried out.
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