A copy-cat strike?

So, uhm, somebody around here must have felt inspired by the French, because this very morning I noticed in the bus a note announcing a strike starting tomorrow. It will last a week.

The disagreement seems to come from a difference in salaries between the workers of the company that connects Alicante with nearby towns, La Alcoyana, and the company that runs buses within the city, Masatusa. Accoring to this article (in Spanish), in La Alcoyana they earn up to a 40% less. This seems to happen because Alicante’s Town Council is responsible for transports within town, but it’s the Regional Government that regulates how La Alcoyana should operate.

They say they will keep a 60% of the buses, which sounds like a lot to me (how much is it in France, Christian?). We’ll see how it goes.