The Chamber of the Dairy Industry of Uruguay (CILU) denounced Shortage of products in the market due to union measures of the workers and He assured that he will take care of the prices in the internal marketdespite the fact that the supply of various by-products, such as yogurt, cheese, desserts and ice cream, is lower.
From the camera they indicated to The Observer what the measures announced by the Federation of Dairy Industry Workers (FTIL) –which declared itself in conflict– they are a very strong threat to the business sector and “quite out of place”.
Among the measures proposed by the union are a 24-hour strike if there is no progress in the salary negotiation and strikes of one or two hours per shift, but they also warned about “a blockade on exports.”
like a shot in the foot
According to the CILU, Large economic losses have been generated since the unionized workers began to work according to regulations, without working overtime. But What they see with more concern is the notice from the FTIL to carry out a “blockade on exports”.
“A blockade on exports is something alarming for the country, for the effort and challenge involved in maintaining international business. It is worrying to work like this”, highlighted a source from the CILU, who argued that “stopping exports would be shooting the dairy sector in the foot”.
The chamber issued a statement this Friday, in which it indicated that the workers’ union is untrue in saying that the business sector withdrew from the negotiation for Salary Councils. As detailed from the CILU, the last call for this negotiation was given prior to Easter, and it did not continue because they understand that the federation failed to comply with the signed conflict prevention mechanism.
The workers, for their part, assure that they have not had Salary Councils since December 2021.
“The CILU never withdrew from the Salary Councils despite the thoughtless measures adopted by a union that is a member of the FTlL,” the document indicates, which also highlights that businessmen have presented since January of this year three negotiation initiatives that “substantially improved” the guidelines proposed by the Power Executive.
years of difficulty
From the business sector they highlighted that the FTIL “ignores and does not value” that the dairy chain has gone through seven years of great difficulty, in which producers have stopped working and the indebtedness of the sector has increased; that the international price scenario is volatile and generates uncertainty; and that in the industry “it has been possible to maintain job stability and very competitive salaries, higher than the vast majority of workers in the country.”
“The FTIL does not want to dialogue, but instead threatens strikes, cutting off exports and also intends to repeatedly impose unfounded claims by force, despite the privileged working conditions,” the statement said.
CILU communiqué 220422 by Analia Pereira on Scribd
