The staff has expressed its rejection of the plenary agreement to privatize hammock management, arguing that this service, municipalized since 1997, is of public utility and generates significant income for the municipality.
Employees criticize statements from political representatives who claim the direct public management is unfeasible, considering that the hammock service is essential for tourism and brings considerable economic benefits to the locality.
“"The data in the approved economic report do not reliably correspond to the reality of the service, mixing it with the kiosk service without including its income and expenses, when what is intended to be demunicipalized is only the municipal hammock and umbrella service."
The UGT and FSOC unions have announced they will challenge the economic report supporting the demunicipalization, alleging it presents anomalies and mixes services to justify privatization and favor private companies. They point out that the study inflates the costs of potential public management and omits relevant income.
The assembly urges the municipal corporation's political groups to halt the process and opt for management through a public company, as is done in other municipalities. Workers denounce what they consider to be the instrumentalization of certain political representatives in the process, delegitimizing union representatives and commissioning biased economic reports.
According to the statement, the economic report was voted against by former councilors from Nueva Canarias and the PSOE, and municipal technicians abstained. Workers warn that privatization could lead to an underground economy, job insecurity, and millions in losses for public coffers and citizens.
