From the union they assured that “there is an overstock” of products and there will be no shortages, while they highlighted the dialogue with the company.
After several months of conflict between the workers and the company, Conaprole normalized its operation and began to distribute its products normally, while the union assured that “there is overstock”, so they won’t register missing in the short term.
After the 30-day agreement to pause the measures of force reached at the end of May, both parties have now agreed to a new extension. The general secretary of the Association of Workers and Employees of Conaprole (AOEC), Luis Goichea, He pointed out in dialogue with Underlined that “we are still stuck on some issues”, but admitted improvements in the situation, since “each of the parties understood that something more had to be put in and listen to the other”.
The leader stated that in Conaprole “”the operation has been normalized” and stressed that “10 days after the restart of the jobs the entire market was supplied”. With this scenario, “there is a significant overstock,” explained Goichea and appreciated that “There will be no shortage of any product in Uruguay”.
The conflict worsened in May due to the incorporation of technology
The problems between the union and the company worsened in May, after Conaprole incorporated new packaging machines in the plant of Villa Rodriguez, with capacity of 15,000 liters per hour of long life milk, after which a rescheduling of shifts and forms of work was proposed, something that met with opposition from the union.
Regarding the incorporation of new machinery, Goichea admitted: “We are concerned about the situation that occurred with this technology. It has been a strange thing. Cross-training has not been raised.” Thus, although not everything has been said, the union representative stressed that there is “a different climate” and predicted that “some issues need to be adjusted to come to an agreement quickly.”
At the height of the conflict, the president of Conaprole, Gabriel Fernandez Secco, recorded losses of 1.5 million liters of long life milk and was concerned about the possible payment of fines for non-compliance with the exports to china and other countries.
Faced with this situation, some sectors called for laws that financially fine those who carry out strikes. It was the position of the president of the National Association of Milk Producers, Néstor Cabrera, who considered “excessive” the strikes due to conflicts where “there are no layoffs or loss of salary.”
Source: Ambito
