MÉS for Mallorca has demanded that the Parliament of the Balearic Islands postpone all the activity planned for next Wednesday, 11 November, coinciding with the general strike on housing convened by various trade union and social organizations.
The parliamentary spokesperson for the eco-sovereigntists, Lluís Apesteguia, has warned that keeping the Chamber’s ordinary schedule "can generate pressure on the workers" of the Parliament, who could "feel pressured not to support" the strike in order to ensure the institution’s normal operation.
In a public statement, MÉS has stressed that the right to strike is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution and that a public institution should not organize its internal calendar in such a way that the strike by its staff "is neutralized or that exercising it becomes a personal burden."
The party has argued that rescheduling the activity set for Wednesday—on which several commissions are usually held, as well as the meeting of the Bureau and the Board of Spokespersons—constitutes "one of the least restrictive alternatives" to reconcile the Chamber’s ordinary functioning with the exercise of this right, "with limited impact."
"The Parliament has an obligation to guarantee that the right to strike is real and effective and cannot restrict it with a calendar that conditions its staff. Moving activity from one day to the next is a decision of internal organization that does not take sides on the reasons for the strike, but that allows each worker to freely decide whether they want to support it," Apesteguia has emphasized.
As a specific solution, the eco-sovereigntists propose that all the parliamentary activity scheduled for Wednesday be moved to Friday, 13 November, an ordinary day on which no parliamentary session has been called.