Nestor Cabrera, president of the ANPL, considered that “there are no layoffs” in the sector and that the union’s “is an excessive measure.”
The president of the National Association of Milk Producers, Néstor Cabrera, considered that the measures taken by the Conaprole union, which are currently on hold, are “excessive” and asked that there be laws that imply “an economic loss” for cases like this, where he argued that “there are no layoffs or loss of salary.”
The producer noted that the long-running conflict “Has no sense”, in line with what President Luis Lacalle Pou maintained. The statements come at a time when there is a tripartite negotiation between workers, the company and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS). In dialogue with Radio Carve, he expressed that the extension of the matter “affects the image of the company” of Uruguay on an international level.
For cabrera, the position of the trade union Conaprole “is excessive” and considered that “goes against the whole chain” and admitted that it affects the quality of the product, as well as the price. However, he explained that the MTSS “It does not have many instruments” and asked “to work at the level of legislation so that when these types of measures generate economic damage, they also have economic damage for those who take the measures.”
In this regard, he recalled that losses of between 130 and 140 million dollars, besides remembering that at first they were lost 1.5 million liters of milk. And he predicted that “it is going to be a difficult winter”, assuring that “the quality of the reserves is not good”.
The Conaprole conflict is on pause and the milk supply is regularized
For now, the union and Conaprole reached an agreement with the MTSS, which led the cooperative to move forward with the replacement of stock and the regularization of the supply of dairy products in the gondolas, putting a pause to several weeks of a conflict that put the supply of milk at risk.
The union action began after the company decided to invest in new packaging machines, with the capacity to 15,000 liters per hour long life milk, in the plant Villa Rodriguez. When proposing a rescheduling of shifts and forms of work, the union opposed it.
On this point, cabrera indicated that “there is talk of a change of workplace with the incorporation of a new machine” and sentenced: “There are no layoffs, job losses, wages, or category. If there were layoffs, one can understand. When there isn’t, it doesn’t make sense.”
Source: Ambito
