The ecompany Riogas issued a new statement on Saturday regarding the conflict and the subsequent lifting of the strike. The measure was without effect due to the low temperatures that plague the country.
“During the last two weeks, a very significant number of workers had already stopped adhering to union measures,” the document states. Resuming “his tasks normally. Most had expressed their disappointment and disgust with the unions.
This for “having been dragged into a conflict that never made any sense and that did nothing but make them lose a lot of money. They told us that they saw that, despite there being no justification, they were led into a conflict that caused them a lot of losses.”
Riogas announced “his agreement”. It was born because the Riogas Workers Association (ATR), the Single Union of Supergás Workers (SUTS) and the Uruguayan Federation of Commerce and Services Employees (Fuecys) “have finally publicly recognized through a statement that they were carrying out union measures.”
“It was shown that Fabio Riverón (Fuecys) and Andrés Guichón (SUTS) were lying when they denied in the media that there were still union measures. Now it is more than evident: if on May 10 they affirm ‘annul the union strike’, it is because until that day they were in union action”.
The Riogas company regrets that they “have not asked for forgiveness”
“We deeply regret that the supergas and Fuecys unions have not yet publicly apologized for all the damage they intentionally caused to the most vulnerable sectors of our society.”
“These unions are lying when they affirm that there was a ‘lack of will’ on the part of Riogas to negotiate. They know perfectly well that the company went to all areas of negotiation and presented four proposals. Lack of will these unions have, that not even out of respect have yet answered the fourth proposal presented by Riogas to seek a solution to the conflict”, closes the text.
