The workers were against the auction of the equipment for the controversial project on the country’s coast.
The Ancap Federation (Fancap) rejects the split auction announced by Ancap of the millionaire portland kiln that is abandoned in the cement plant of Paysanduand that it was acquired under the management of former vice president of the Republic, Raul Sendicwhen he was in charge of the autonomous entity.
The controversial “furnace 3” project was acquired by the state oil company for a total cost of $53 million in 2013, but was ultimately never used.
From Ancap, it was decided to auction off the oven in pieces, since they suspect that, if it were auctioned “in its entirety”, no one would bid due to its deterioration and obsolescence. On the other hand, they could not present it as scrap metal, since the law does not allow iron to be exported.
As a result of this, last Friday Fancap released a statement through the social network Ancap about.
“This decision can only be understood from the harmful perspective of a board that has sought at all times to make the state cement industry disappear,” the statement continues.
“Ancap pursued the privatization of Portland at all times”
In the midst of a conflict between the board of directors and the workers over the autonomous entity’s deficient Portland industry, the union understands that the current management “pursued the privatization of Portland at all times.”
“Today, in full retreat, the board and the national government intend to give the final blow to the Paysandú factory (department with the highest rate of unemployment of the Uruguay),” states the letter. During the February-April moving quarter, the unemployment rate was 14.1%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
In addition to defending the continuity of the cement industry within the state company, Fancap requested a “total technological renewal to face the challenges of the future.” “Auctioning off this equipment would condemn the Paysandú factory to disappear,” the statement emphasizes.
Source: Ambito
