He Single Telecommunications Union (SUTEL) announced a strike for this Tuesday in the framework of the vote of the Media law which will take place in Low camerathe association will mobilize to legislative Palace against the modifications proposed by the project.
In this way, the workers of Antel will carry out a cessation of tasks that began at twelve at night in the interior of the country and at nine in the morning in Montevideo.
The measure will last until nine at night and also entails mobilization by workers towards the Legislative Palace. Meanwhile, the rally began at nine in the morning and it is expected that everyone will be in Parliament at five in the afternoon.
However, the union clarified that essential services will be attended to by union guards and that technical and commercial attention will be reduced.
The reasons for the union
Under the motto “No to sabotage against Antel and the looting of national heritage”, the union assures that there is a whole component of the analysis of the media and telecommunications that is left behind: the social dimension and the role that Antel plays as a public company.
“We stop so that it does not remain invisible that this discussion also has to do with committing our country to the issue of telecommunications in the development of a set of public policies that tomorrow can guarantee universal access,” explained the leader of Sutel, Florence Leymonie.
The article of contention
The project will be voted on this Tuesday in Deputies because in High camera Some modifications were introduced that have to be approved again. However, article 72 continues to generate controversy within the political, union and even international organizations such as the UN and UNESCO.
Article 72 provides that “citizens have the right to receive political communication in a complete, impartial, serious, rigorous, partial and balanced manner between political actors”, something that from the Broad Front (FA) and some international organizations warned of it as a possible attack on freedom of expression.
From the benches of the government alliance they point out that the additive “is nonsense”, but they will seek to move forward with the approval of the law, since they understand that the article is “one of many” and does not represent a threat to press freedom. , since the creation of a control body is not planned.
Deputies must vote for or against the entire bill, making it impossible for them to reject particular articles of the new document that was modified and approved by the Senators. In case of a negative result, this will go to the General Assembly.
Source: Ambito
