The closure of the Codelco Ventanas smelter plant by the Government of the President Gabriel Borichas generated reactions from different points of society, for some it is a necessary measure, for others it is leaving workers adrift.
One of the key actors in this process are the smelter officials, which is why members of the Codelco Ventanas union have held demonstrations since Saturday night, involving roadblocks on route F30.
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The secretary of the Trade Union Turnados Codelco-Ventanas, Antonio Licuimeindicated that these mobilizations are intended to inform the other workers about the situation that afflicts them, announcing that future marches will come against -in his opinion- it was a bad measure.
“The announcement that President Boric made obviously does not seem correct to us, and that is the mobilization that we are going to do at the national level together with the copper workers’ federation. We are going to be all week with demonstrations outside the Ventanas smelter and doing feel our discomfort at the closure of our plant,” said Licuime.
Meanwhile, for the director of Union No. 1 of Codelco Ventanas, Rodrigo Cardenasthe annoyance of the decision lies in the fact that they were not taken into account when making a decision as important as this.
“They say that they have always invited us, they have never done that. That is a lie, it is a big lie,” said Cisternas.
“In addition, they occupy us as an excuse regarding the latest poisonings that have been taking place in recent times, for which it is proven that we are not responsible. So they occupy us as a scapegoat,” he said in Radio Bio Bio.
