Despite the meeting with the Ministry of Labor this Saturday, the union decided to continue with the forceful measures until a proposal was obtained.
The single union of supergas workers decided to continue the conflict after a meeting with the Ministry of Labordue to the dismissal of 50 workersand expressed that they expect an answer with the run of Sunday.
“There is no proposal that has managed to get layoffs off the table,” said the president of the Uruguayan Federation of Commerce and Services Employees, Favio Riveron, in the middle Underlined. However, he remarked that they have possible scenarios “because the Executive committed to drafting a proposal”.
From the union they demand the dismissal of 50 workers of the companies acodike and Riogas where they said goodbye at least 27 workers in the first and 25 in the second. Faced with this, Riverón explained that this Monday they will meet with the representatives of Riogas to evaluate the Executive’s proposal that, ideally, should be presented this Sunday. With Acodike, for its part, it is trying to reincorporate at least some workers.
Riverón wanted to bring peace of mind to the population by specifying that it is not possible for there to be a shortage due to unemployment. Although he stressed that they are going to continue with the measures of force and will be evaluating “depending on the movements that are coming to us from the Ministry of Labor.”
What did the companies say?
The company Acodike remarked, in a statement, that the workloads were reduced by external conditions to the company that have to do with lower demand and change in the pattern of energy consumption. Acodike maintains that 14 employees were laid off and that “the number of positions required to cover the demand for supergas decreases, it is much more challenging to find new jobs that attract these people and motivate them to train to be employable in new occupations.”
Riogas, for its part, gave a similar explanation this Friday by saying that “as of March 1, 2023 and for reasons totally beyond the control of RIOGAS.” According to the company statement, “contractual and commercial conditions have changed that governed the Supergas bottling for 15 years”, which implies that “RIOGAS is facing new and significant costs for leasing and investments in the bottling plant and financial costs for the purchase of supergas on credit.”
From ancapFor their part, they stated that “the regulation related to the calculation of packaging and distribution margins is outside the orbit of ANCAP and there have been no changes regarding what was established in the contracts, which after 15 years of application, expired on February 28.
Source: Ambito
