The Association of Workers and Employees of Conaprole (AOEC) and the dairy company would be about to reach an agreement after the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, as a result of a tripartite meeting last week where they discussed possible measures so that both parties are satisfied.
The tripartite meeting had as its axis reformulate working conditions in the UHT plant of Rodriguez and thus both parties reached an agreement of character “transient”. It is that the issues touched on in the labor portfolio were evaluated this Monday.
Conaprole’s losses
Last week, the president of Conaprole, Gabriel Fernandez Secco, established that, as a result of the conflict, 1.5 million liters of long-life milk were lost. In addition, he assured that the dairy farms had to throw away between 4,000 and 5,000 liters of milk.
On the other hand, the possible effects on exports It is the measure that worries Conaprole the most, the company in charge of placing Uruguayan dairy products abroad. Above all because the moment of this sector in international trade is good.
In this sense, Dairy industry exports grew by 17% so far in 2023with whole milk powder and cheeses driving the improvement with increases of 31% and 24% in April, respectively, according to the latest report from the National Milk Institute (Inale).
In terms of income, this meant 52.3 million dollars for whole powdered milk shipments during the past month —a cumulative 195.4 million dollars in the year—; and $9.2 million for cheese exports in April —a cumulative $41.6 million.
The union conflict began after Conaprole invested in the Villa Rodríguez plant and incorporated new packaging machines, with the capacity to 15,000 liters per hour of long life milk. This led to The company will propose a rescheduling of shifts and the forms of work, something that the union opposed, as they considered that the changes were made without prior negotiation.
Source: Ambito
