The company announced “serious inconveniences” in paying May salaries, but finally paid a portion and negotiations will continue on Monday.
The workers of Copsa They deactivated the possibility of starting a new conflict for the moment after the company paid a part of the salaries corresponding to May and committed to continuing with the negotiations next Monday, in the midst of the crisis that affects the sector. suburban transportation in Uruguay.
Despite having received the loan from Republic Bank (BROU) —as an advance from the trust that will be allocated to the suburban sector— that allowed it to regularize the debts with its workers just a few days ago, Copsa has already announced that it is facing serious problems in paying last month’s salaries, so the conflict is entering into a new stage.
However, the possibility of a general strike leaves after negotiations in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), where the firm canceled part of the debt and anticipated that it will move forward with the other part in the coming days.
But this is not the only problem that is back on the table: workers who went on leave were only paid 50% of their vacation salary. What is also added to the company’s refusal to pay the presenteeism as a result of the days of strike that took place last month. In response, the Unott He assures that the force measure was called by them, so the law protects the group of workers who joined; and, therefore, it is their responsibility to charge those days in the same way, along with presenteeism.
Given the resurgence of tensions, the tripartite meeting was held in the National Directorate of Labor, in the framework of negotiations that will continue on Monday.
Debts that are maintained and accumulated
At the end of last month, the MTSS had to summon Copsa in response to the claim by the workers of 50% of the vacation wages owed, just days after the company paid the missing salary amounts corresponding to April, as well as food tickets and other unpaid duties that it had been carrying since 2021.
“We knew this could happen, but we didn’t think it would happen so quickly,” he said then. Miguel Marrero, Unott leader, in reference to the unusual situation. On May 23, the union had decided to lift the general transport strike following the principle of agreement between Copsa and its employees.
“The indignation that the colleagues have is enormous and absolutely logical,” lamented Marrero, who pointed out that the loan that the company agreed to last month was “more than enough” to face everything owed, according to the figures that were handled.
Source: Ambito
