SUNCA Congress met in Montevideo Friday and Saturday
Between Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, the XIX National Congress of the Single Union of Construction and Annexes was held.
On the occasion, important resolutions were made from a strategic point of view and guidelines were established for the election of new authorities that will take place at the end of March.
Participation in the opportunity was very good, with more than a thousand delegates from all over the country.
The first day saw work at the Commission level and on the second day the debate took place in plenary. The President of the Cerro Largo Department was part of the Electoral Commission because, as is known, in the years of Congress, elections must be called within the following 60 days.
“By February 19, all national and departmental lists must be submitted” advertisement Roque Calcagno.
“In the General Commission that took place on Saturday, all the congressmen participated where the resolutions were read, some of them important” held.
“One of the aspects that will be carried over to the next collective bargaining is that the FOCER goes from 5% to 8%” revealed. “Back in 2009 when this Fondo came out, the idea was of an indirect dismissal because construction workers do not have the right to dismissal because the contracts are per project” said. “Even if we spend 3 years on a project we do not have the right to dismissal, that is why the FOCER was taken” reported.
Calcagno overtook THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL that, at the level of the Social Fund, we will try to reach an agreement so that workers who make contributions receive 2 backpacks and not one as they currently receive. “There are many colleagues who have more than one child. In addition, we want a pair of other types of footwear to come along with the rain boots, so that it is more economical. There are workers who have a lot of children and that will be of great help” considered.
Regarding retirement rights, the battle will continue with an old union fight that aims to allow retirement at 55 years of age. “We want the same thing to be done as in the fishing sector, every 2 years 3” said.
SITUATION IN THE FOSVOC
La Corriente Manuel Barrios could not express in Congress everything it wanted in relation to the publicly known events in these Funds. “The discussion was great. The minority currents, that of Maldonado (14411) and ours, raised questions about the theft that occurred in the FOSVOC that far exceeds USD 1,000,000, workers’ money” stressed the President of the Cerro Largo Department of SUNCA.
“We had an hour to express ourselves, talking alternately about our current, Maldonado and the majority current, so there was not enough time for everyone to speak. There were a lot of classmates left.” lament.
An additional hour was requested to continue the debate, which the majority did not accept.
MINORITY CONTROLS IN SOCIAL FUNDS
“An important thing, which will be done at the proposal of our Current (Manuel Barrios) “It is that minorities will be respected so that there is finally control in the different Social Funds.” highlighted Roque Calcagno.
“Depending on the outcome of the elections, there will be colleagues from the different currents, as there should be, to exercise controls” he remarked.
“From 2011 until now the majority Current was the one that dictated the destinations of the Social Funds without the participation of the minority currents” he stated. “There was no controller and what happened happened” said. “The workers have to know the truth, here there is a political responsibility of the majority list, which is 658, which is the one that has managed the Social Funds for 15 years” he assured.
“At our initiative, in the coming year, there will be participation, as it should be, of the minority currents” insisted the President of the Cerro Largo Department of the Construction Union.
