AEBU has been carrying out strikes in the official banking sector, demanding negotiations in good faith within the framework of the collective agreement; In addition, on February 25 they will hold a march to Punta del Este, and they announced that if their claims are not taken into account by the government, they could paralyze the entire financial system for more than ten days.
In this sense, Lacalle told the press that the right to strike “must be protected, but also care for those who want to work.”
Although he indicated that he did not want to enter into the discussion, he nevertheless stated that when “you see what the salary and economic privileges of the public banking sector have been, compared to the unemployment that exists in other places, then the measure It doesn’t seem the most logical.”
“If the measure is the one announced, and we are entering into speculative issues, this means stopping public financial banking activity and that means stopping a large part of the country’s economic apparatus. It doesn’t seem fair to those who are going to suffer it,” he remarked.
Although he said that he preferred “not to add fuel to the fire”, because a ruler has to have “patience, prudence and balance”.
ANCAP
For its part, this Tuesday, February 15, ANCAP reported that “as a result of a union decision that puts the integrity of the Minas plant at risk, the entity’s Board of Directors is forced to suspend production until safe conditions are restored. operation”.
“It is a priority of the Board of Directors of ANCAP to preserve the infrastructure and avoid damage to the facilities of the industrial plant,” it was indicated in a statement.
In this sense, Lacalle said that the country has had a “bad experience and the Board of Directors had to stop the mill in Minas, because as the strike occurred and they were not going to be able to handle the machines properly, they could break and that is money that the Uruguayans should put up”.
“My perception is that the claim, although I do not share it, is legitimate, but the measures are exaggerated,” he said.
