This Monday, May 9, the port union carried out a work stoppage in the port and extra-port warehouses, and officials from the Montecon company held a meeting at the National Labor Directorate in rejection of the government agreement with the Belgian company Katoen Natie because they claim that “this generates a de facto monopoly, loss of jobs and weakens the role of the ANP”.
After the meeting in DINATRA, the Ministry of Labor reported the dismissal of 150 port workers only in the Montecon company (terminal and warehouse) and the reduction of up to 50% of the salary of workers who will remain in the workforce, reported the port union.
Special unemployment insurance and job positions
Likewise, the Ministry of Labor proposed to SUPRA a special unemployment insurance for one year for the workers dismissed from the Montecon company, which supposes a subsidy of 70% of the salary in activity.
The Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, reported on a note from Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP) in which the company expresses its commitment to “incorporate 77 jobs within a year, and that priority will be given to who have experience in port activity”.
In the same sense, the National Administration of Ports (ANP) promised that in a year 50 workers will be incorporated, with priority in those who have disassociated themselves from Montecon.
As explained, workers who have become unemployed will enter directly as vacancies arise.
The MTSS proposal must be analyzed by the executive of the Single Port Union and Related Branches.
