Fancap resolved to maintain the minimum guards for this Thursday during the general strike, but warned that it will denounce the Uruguayan State for not guaranteeing the right to strike.
The National Administration of Fuel, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap) finally decided not to advance the technical stop at the refinery The Tile, after the labor union —Ancap Federation (Fancap)— resolved to maintain the minimum guard duty during the general strike on August 17, which would allow the operation of the main plant of the state oil company in Uruguay.
The conflict between ancap and its workers had a new chapter yesterday afternoon when the board of directors of the state oil company finally decided to turn off the refinery on the date scheduled in the original schedule, September 4, instead of bringing the stop forward to this week. This was possible since the labor union, which had announced its adherence to the general strike summoned by him PIT-CNT for this Thursday without guild guards —which would prevent the operation of the plant—, he decided to back down with the disposition and keep the minimum guard.
“If the board resolves to stop the refinery on August 17, it is under your full responsibilitysince it is a consequence of his decision to unilaterally denounce the collective agreement after 30 years”, indicated the labor union In a statement released late yesterday afternoon, after an urgent meeting of the Federal Fancap Council.
Vice President of Ancap, Diego Durand. He had warned about the impact that the workers’ strike would have, not only in terms of the technical stoppage in La Teja, but also in terms of the fuel supply in the country; and he pointed out that it would be necessary to emergency import to guarantee stock. Given the news of Fancap’s change of position, the chief assured that the decision of the labor union “will allow the normal operation”.
For its part, the union assured that it “complied with the notice stipulated in the protocol for shutting down the refinery and cement kilns” and criticized the “intransigence” of ancap “to guarantee the right to strike” of the state workers.
Likewise, the Federal Council stated that “regardless of how the strike on August 17 is carried out, ancap It has already been resolved” that “the refinery operators will go to a fixed shift” “as long as the decision to carry out” the maintenance shutdown in an eight-hour regime and not 24 hours as is usually done is not reviewed.
Fancap will denounce the State before the ILO
Because, to understand the labor union, the state oil company did not guarantee the right to strikeFancap also announced that it resolved to denounce the State before the International Labor Organization (ILO).
According to the guild, ancap “attempts to hold” the workers responsible “for the insecurity” that would have implied an early shutdown of the refinery as of August 17, something that the entity had resolved because it did not have union guards —a measure that, finally, was lifted.
The conflict between the oil company and the union has been escalating for more than three months, from the rejection of the workers to the opening of the portland business and lime to one or more private partners.
Source: Ambito
