The Ministry of Labor summoned the parties this Thursday to discuss the work regime during the maintenance of the refinery.
Ancapyour union Fancap and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) will meet this Thursday to start negotiations on the conditions in which the workers will be left during the maintenance of the La Teja refineryafter the union paused its protest measures.
The tripartite meeting will be at the ministry’s headquarters, in Ciudad Vieja, Subrayado reported, and the issue that will be put on the table will be the work regime during the refinery shutdown. It should be remembered that Fancap refused to comply with the guard scheme proposed by the state company.
On Tuesday, the union resolved to “incorporate into the negotiation areas the immediate reinstatement of all colleagues to the full shift regimes as of the suspension of the measures.”
The cessation of union measures was one of the points that awaited Ancap to start conversations again. The union had already spread a white flag around Portland, although added to that was the technical maintenance stoppage at the La Teja refinery, which would last three times as long as originally planned due to the forceful measures, with million-dollar losses.
The president of Ancap warned about job positions
The president of AncapAlejandro Stipanicic, expressed in an interview with Ambit that “Uruguay “overrated the Portland industry” and questioned the conflict in the country, as well as the fact that “unions continue to be very ideological,” while not ruling out job losses.
For the leader, “the aggressiveness and magnitude of the union mobilizations undoubtedly influenced the decision of potential investors not to bid” on the business. However, he admitted that “it is not the only reason and for other investments in the future what you really have to look at is whether there is value in the business or not.”
Looking to the future, Stipanicic maintained that “the natural conclusion is that we have to close the business,” but clarified that, if we do not do so, “we are going to have to go to cost reduction and that leads us to say that we can no longer ensure the continuity of all jobs.”
Source: Ambito
