The cost overrun, the tensions between the company and the union and the Portland business are the axes of a problem that has been going on for months.
The conflict of Ancap will imply losses of at least 24 million dollars, amid tensions between the union and the state company, which worsened during the last week due to differences with work shifts and the opening of the business to private companies. portland as another hot topic.
Firstly, one of the problems of the technical maintenance stoppage at the refinery The Tile is that it will take more than 130 days, that is, about 30 days longer than expected, with daily losses of $800,000, according to the president of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicic.
Stipanicic pointed out in dialogue with Subrayado that the loss of profits from the refinery will be “at least” 30 days due to the forceful measures and the fact of “not being able to produce.” In fact, the leader stated some time ago that, in total, the firm could lose 400 million dollars and said that “there are still union measures that prevent us from moving forward with some critical tasks that should have started in June.”
Workers’ claims for overtime and shifts
The Ancap Federation remains firm in its decision not to work overtime during the technical stoppage and that is the point that leads to the extension of the work. Thus, we work in three shifts of eight hours each, with the aim of shortening as much as possible the time in which the plant is not operating.
In recent days, the company decided not to pay compensation for rotating hours and then the union voted to hold a general meeting next Thursday. About, Stipanicic He assured that “hours not worked were deducted, those who do not work do not get paid,” thus ruling out a reaction to the union measures.
The Portland business and the two opposing views
Measurements of strength Fancap They point out that the company does not open the business of portland to private companies, an association that is moving forward and will take a new step this Tuesday the 12th, when the international tender will advance.
For Stipanicic, It is “a kind of extortion”, which is why he anticipated that the union’s demand “is inadmissible, because they are two issues that are not comparable”, since on the one hand the stoppage is an operational decision and the one linked to Portland is of business.
The proposal of Fancap is that this association be postponed until next year to “avoid unnecessary cost overruns” due to the measures in the middle of the technical stoppage. They considered that opening to private businesses is “a very bad business for Uruguay”.
Source: Ambito
