He labor union of Conaprole is doing strength measures in the midst of a new conflict that the workers have with the dairy cooperative of Uruguay. They currently work according to regulations and with two hours of unemployment per day, while the company points out that the measures are carried out “in one of the most difficult times for the dairy sector.”
The Conaprole union demands the recategorization of four sectors —trade, monthly, laboratory and factory—, while its last update is from October 2010. As explained Luis Goicochea, spokesperson for the union, to Channel 10, “the company continues to refuse” to negotiate the workers’ proposal, a reason that led to the decision to implement tasks according to regulations and two hours of unemployment per day, one to hold assemblies and another at the end of the shift.
“The last categorization is from 2010 and 2011,” Goichea highlighted. “After the 2022 conflict, a clause was put in place that until December 2023 there could not be recategorization conflict“said the leader, realizing that, once the legal deadline had passed, the union had the possibility of negotiating again and that is what they are demanding: “We asked for a space to discuss. An area to negotiate, we are not imposing anything.”
For now, the forceful measures will remain until March 21, when the union will have a general assembly to define how the conflict continues. In any case, Goichea assured that the supply of fresh milk would not be affected.
“To the extent that the conflict is sustained over time, it may affect the delivery of desserts and yogurts,” but “we will always take guarantees” for the delivery of fresh milk, stated the union spokesperson. At the moment, “there is no more than some delay” in the departure of trucks.
Regarding the argument of Conaprole Regarding the impossibility of carrying out the recategorization of the claimed sectors due to the increase in salaries that such action would imply, Goichea pointed out that the explanation does not make sense. “It invoiced more than 1,000 million dollars, it was the winner for largest exporter, it has constant growth,” said the union member, against the fact mentioned by the company that it has just gone through “one of the most difficult moments for the “dairy sector” because of the drought.
The Conaprole statement
After officially announcing the beginning of the forceful measures and the workers’ struggle plan within the framework of the demand for the recategorization of four sectors, Conaprole issued a statement referring to the situation and ensuring that, “as appropriate, it has always complied with all its labor obligations and signed agreements,” and that “the workers of Conaprole “They receive very competitive salaries, to which good working conditions are added.”
In the text, the company “regrets the attitude assumed by the union” and also recalls that “it has been open to negotiations”, betting on “responsible and constructive dialogue.”
“After one of the most challenging years for the dairy, a product of the greatest drought In the last 40 years, with a drop in international prices, a drop in producer prices, increases in financial debt and closures of dairy farms, the union’s proposal for a general recategorization is unfounded and would generate a very significant cost, impossible to face at this time. moment of recovery,” he said. Conaprole in the statement, an argument that the union rejected.
For its part, the board of directors of the dairy cooperative made it clear that it “rejects the union’s position and the measures adopted in the coming days, which will harm producers, consumers, and the industry and workers in general.”
Source: Ambito
