The ANPL questioned the “permanent conflicts” in the dairy industry and asked the board to take action on the matter.
The National Milk Producers Association (ANPL) asked the board of Conaprole to take “firm measures”, considering that “the strikes are recurring”, in reference to the conflict with the union, which includes regulated tasks and two hours of strike per day, putting in check the catering.
“If they have to take harsh measures, “We are all going to be behind the board,” stated the spokesperson for the ANPL, that defined the workers’ struggle measures as “pressures”, after the assembly of producers that took place this Tuesday, where they considered that this occurs at a time when the sector “cannot increase its costs.”
The producers assured that Conaprole “it is a source of pride” because it keeps the employees “in good conditions and good salary”, but still “there is permanent conflicts”, assured the president of the National Association of Milk Producers, Ruben Cabrera.
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The recovery of wages and the effect of the drought
In that sense, he indicated that in those years they did not lose Job positions and there was salary recovery. “In these ten years, the workers of Conaprole They continue to be among those with the best conditions and salaries, we are proud of that, but we lost 600 producers,” he said.
The producers indicated that they have been recovering from “bad years” with low prices and a drought which cost the sector 100 million dollars. They also demand to increase the price of milk “to be able to get out of all those debts that were generated by the drought.”
“There is no room for the producer to continue giving up the price. We ask that they be firm in their decisions and if they have to take harsh measures, we will all be behind the board. We believe that at some point we have to sit down and talk, but under conditions of equality and not with pressure on producers, as frequently happens,” he concluded. Cabrera.
In this way, the producers spoke in line with the president of Conaprole, Gabriel Fernandez, who questioned the request of recategorization general of 800 employees”, considering it “totally unfounded” and warned that the measures could complicate the supply of products.
Source: Ambito
