CSIF demands immediate intervention
The internal crisis at the Las Palmas Port Authority has reached a point of no return on the table of its own board of directors. The Independent Trade Union of Civil Servants (CSIF) has filed a formal request in which it calls for the immediate intervention of the highest governing body of the port authority in order to stop the institution’s organisational drift. The proposal includes conducting an independent external audit into human resources management and a detailed review of the competences currently delegated to the entity’s president, Beatriz Calzada (CC).
Background: labour tension and a psychosocial risk assessment
The union’s initiative comes after months of accumulated labour tension and only a few weeks after the Labour Inspectorate ordered the Port Authority to carry out an assessment of psychosocial risks. That study, which involved participation from nearly two-thirds of the workforce, revealed alarming levels of deterioration in the workplace environment, pointing to psychological violence and interpersonal conflicts resulting from failures in the management structure. According to information published by Canarias Ahora, the CSIF argues that these episodes are not isolated cases, but reflect structural shortcomings in personnel policy that have been ongoing for years.
Union claims improvisation, disrupted structures and lack of negotiation
In its submission, the union representation depicts a scenario characterised by constant improvisation, the frequent reshuffling of organisational charts, and an inability to size the workforce properly. The document denounces the absence of genuine negotiation with worker representatives, as well as multiple frictions in the application of the collective bargaining agreement. Among the episodes cited to illustrate this lack of organisational direction, it recalls the institutional clash with the Arrecife Local Police, stemming from disputes over competences and the imposition of sanctions on the very official vehicles of the Port Police in Lanzarote.
What the external audit would cover
The external audit requested by the CSIF aims to bring all selection and internal promotion processes for public staff under review, the appointments of intermediate managers, and the processing of disciplinary case files. The union demands that it be checked whether decisions taken under Calzada’s term complied with the constitutional principles of merit, capacity, equality, objectivity and transparency. The ultimate goal is to determine whether serious irregularities have occurred in the area and to identify the corresponding political or administrative responsibilities.
Pressure goes to board members
With this move, the workers’ representation directs the pressure directly at the members of the Board of Directors of the Las Palmas Port Authority. The supreme body of the Port of La Luz will have to decide whether it maintains the current framework for delegating personnel powers in favour of the presidency, or, on the contrary, whether it takes back direct control of human resources in an attempt to put an end to an area that has become the institution’s main source of internal instability.
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