The union of the National Administration of Fuel, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap) resolved in the representative assembly held yesterday to propose to the board of directors of the state oil company of Uruguay “leave all measures implemented by both parties on hold” and resume negotiations within the scope of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) regarding the conflict over the Portland business.
The union conflict in Ancap seems to be approaching a truce after the deserted tender for the association of a private party to the portland business in the country – a monopoly sector of the State -, a reason for complaint for the Ancap Federation (Fancap); and after the oil company’s board of directors announced certain measures in response to the union fight plan.
This was resolved by the union in the assembly that was held yesterday where, also, the decision was maintained to continue working according to regulations—only 8 hours a day—during the technical stoppage at the refinery. The Tileinstead of putting in the necessary overtime so that maintenance tasks can be completed within the originally planned period of one month.
The proposal to negotiate again at the tripartite level also arises after the communication from the board of directors of Ancap that days not worked due to strikes carried out during this year will begin to be deducted; as well as the decision not to pay salary compensation to non-essential personnel at La Teja—which implies a loss of salary percentage for some 200 refinery workers.
The truce measure would be effective until the next representative assembly, where the development of the possible negotiations around the situation in Portland.
Fancap pointed to the board as co-responsible in Portland
The president of Fancap, Natalia Belo, For his part, he said that the fact that the tender to associate a private company with Portland was void was not “a success” for the union, although they opposed it.
“What happened was a failure. For us it is not success in itself, success for us is key to achieving the necessary investments and the necessary improvements in the Portland cement plants to be able to change the reality of loss. There are quick and immediate issues that can be asked, which are very onerous and that can change that loss key,” he stated in dialogue with Telemundo.
In that sense, for the president of Fancap, the oil company’s board of directors has applied “a policy of suffocation” with the cement industry, and that has made “management decisions” that go against its improvement. In this way, he was against the comments of the authorities of the state company who pointed to the union’s forceful measures as one of the explanations for the lack of offers.
“Beyond the fact that it is true about the losses, There are also definitions that have allowed that number to become increasingly larger. Are we making what we have work in the best way? Not because supplies and personnel are lackingand those are definitions of management, not of the workers,” said Belo.
Finally, the union member redoubled the bet: “If there was indeed a good intention for this to go ahead (the tender), there has not been a day in which it has not been stopped.” speak badly about the state cement situation by the authorities of Ancap. That makes noise. What happened was not only due to the union’s unrest measures. Until June 23, our union was not carrying out major distortive measures,” said Belo, adding: “The fact that there was no bidder does not guarantee us the future of the cement industry how we want it.”
Source: Ambito
