The Minister of Labor and Social Security explained that the situation has been going on for several years, which is why it is beyond the current government.
He Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieresadmitted that the fishing sector is going through profitability problems, but explained that this problem has been going on for several years, which is why it exceeds the current administration of the current government.
In recent days, the Chamber of Fisheries Industries of Uruguay (CIPU) and the Chamber of Fishing Shipowners of Uruguay (CAPU) They reported that fishing activity becomes unviable outside of the harvest months, between May and August.
Likewise, they demanded that their complaints be addressed by the authorities, at the same time that they decided to denounce the salary agreement with the unions in the sector. “At the time of issuing this statement, of the 54 ships that make up the Uruguayan industrial fleet, only 6 have put to sea, with no prospects for the other 48 to set sail, or even that, once they have returned, the 6 ships operations set sail again,” they noted in the public communication.
“Inter-institutional forums are necessary to discuss and analyze solutions”
In this sense, the minister Mieres He pointed out this Thursday at a press conference that “he had previously expressed what he thought,” so today what they should have done from the MTSS was recognize that there was “a problem” with the fishing industry.
“It is not a restricted problem nor focused on the MTSS, but it is an institutional problem of the governments, not of this government in particular, but of many years ago,” said the minister, who added: “interinstitutional spheres are necessary to discuss and analyze the solutions required by the fishing sector“Not from now, but from a long time ago.”
Last Tuesday, the Maritime Fisheries Inter-Union met with authorities of the National Labor Directorate looking for the possibility of creating a special unemployment insurance for workers in the current work context, with almost 90% of the fleet stopped.
Source: Ambito
