Jared Laurels
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday January 21, 2023, p. 9
The pressure from the workers of the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) bore fruit yesterday, since managers of the agency promised their employees to provide them with quality protective equipment and clothing as soon as possible
to deal with the fire season that began on January 15.
This was one of the main agreements reached between the director of Conafor, Luis Meneses Murillo, and representatives of the National Union of Semarnat Workers (SNTSemarnat), in a meeting that lasted for around six hours at the agency’s headquarters in Jalisco.
On Wednesday, some 2,400 employees carried out a national strike for five hours in the 32 Conafor facilities in the country, demanding the necessary material to carry out their work safely, as well as better working conditions.
In an interview, Santiago García López, general secretary of SNTSemarnat, pointed out that the directors They admitted that there was a delay in the bidding processes
of the equipment that they carried out since the month of October, and therefore the delay.
They established a commitment with us to go out to a tender shortened in time so that the processes are concluded in 45 days
and the protection equipment is delivered to the workers in the country, he indicated.
Regarding the repair of the vehicles, he said, Conafor promised to open a digital platform for the vehicles to be programmed.
