“We are exposing anyone to handling dangerous material without knowing, with the possibility of a plane crashing or exploding“Llano warned. In addition, the union representative announced that it is possible that the problems on flights will continue tomorrow. lack of personnel after the dismissal of 15 workers.
The response of air travelers to the Government
In radio statements, Llanos held the Government directly responsible for the conflict that is plaguing Intercargo and that, last Wednesday, caused a surprise assembly of workers that generated delays and cancellations at the Jorge Newbery Airport. “The company refuses to talk to us. If there were a dialogue table, it would surely have been avoided this situation“.
“We have been asking for a meeting for 10 months, this one and the previous one, and no one attends. Thus it leaves us no alternative but the measure of force“Llano justified.
In addition, the APA representative referred to the dismissal of the 15 Intercargo workers who participated in the information meetings last Wednesday and announced that this decision will cause more inconveniences on flights scheduled for Saturday. “The people who were fired were from the buses, and yesterday and today they have free time. “They should work tomorrow, so we won’t have people and it will show that the flights are not going to leave or they are going to be delayed due to lack of personnel.”
“Then we want the Government to explain How are they going to handle the flights on Saturday?which are many more. And then we will see from Monday how we are going to continue.”
In this same sense, Llano stressed that the union seeks to dialogue with the Government and the company to reach an agreement. “Today we still were not able to speak with any director of the company. Yesterday they fired 15 people and we did not take any forceful action.”
Llano took advantage of the occasion to deny the nation’s Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, who denounced that, during the force measure, there were passengers “kidnapped on planes“. “The Minister of Security has a very great lack of knowledge of everything. It wasn’t like that. In fact, every time there is a measure of force, the only thing we do is is to put the ladder, the sleeve and the buses for the passengers to get off“.
“What we do retain is the luggage“Llano admitted. “At no time were any passengers detained. It’s a lie from Bullrich,” he said.
Finally, the trade unionist warned of the dangers posed by the Government’s decision to authorize the Airport Security Police (PSA) to load and unload planes in the event of an “emergency”.
“It is a very big risk for the safety of people and companies. I don’t know if international organizations are going to authorize this. American companies, except American Airlines – which does not depend on the ramp service – are not going to allow the Police to load and unload the planes because no one has a course, for example, on dangerous goods, no one knows how to operate a radioactive with a corrosive. or an explosive on a plane, that requires training,” Llano explained.
After this, the union member sentenced: “We are exposing ourselves to anyone handling dangerous goods without already knowing the possibility of a plane crashing or a plane exploding due to ignorance.”
Aerolíneas Argentinas: key meeting of the unions with the Government for the future of the state company
After Intercargo workers organized a surprise information meeting, the Government gave the aeronautical unions a deadline until this Friday to present a proposal for Argentine Airlines operate normally and without conflicts, otherwise, he warned that he may move forward with the closure of the company.
The meetings will be separate; at 2pm it will be the turn of APLA, led by Pablo Biró; at 3 p.m., AAA, directed by Juan Pablo Brey, and at 4 p.m., APA, led by Llano.
He Executive power He demanded a work plan so that the company operates without union conflicts. Otherwise, it will promote a Preventive Crisis Plan that will end in its definitive closure.
In this sense, this process is a legal mechanism by which a company, for reasons of force majeure or for a cause not attributable to the employer, can decide to reduce hours, fire or suspend workers with reduced compensation. This regulation works under the orbit of the Ministry of Labor and is mandatory for a company to cease operations.
The Government’s ultimatum came after last Wednesday’s conflict with Intercargo, due to which numerous flights at the Jorge Newbery Airport were delayed and canceled as a result of the information meetings of the workers of the ramp service company. From APA they assured that the claim was carried out because the company “decided to arbitrarily and without cause dismiss a worker from the Aeroparque base“. Contrary to what was stated by the Ministry of Transportation, the workers grouped in APA assured that the dismissal was a “provocation“.
The Government will go to court against the Intercargo workers
The Government did not stop at warning of a possible closure of Aerolíneas Argentinas but also took the case to the Justice. Along these lines, the Ministry of Security filed a complaint against members of the Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA) for the inconveniences that occurred last Wednesday.
“We are faced with a ‘air picket’ “which prevented thousands of people from getting off the aircraft, including pregnant women and children, who had to endure more than two hours in cabins without adequate ventilation, a situation that led to health complications for some passengers,” the Government stated in the complaint. .
After the force measure, several people had to be assisted by the public emergency service of the Autonomous City of Buenos Airesas stated by the libertarian administration. In addition, federal security forces intervened to allow the passengers to disembark. Now, the Ministry of Security will expand the complaint with additional information provided by the PSA and testimonies from affected passengers.
Source: Ambito
