Montecon has 700 workers, including those from outsourced companies, and continues with the position of laying off 150 due to the loss of operations in the face of competition from the Belgian Katoen Natie, to whom the government ceded the port movement in Montevideo for 50 years.
The Ministry of Labor announced the taking of “102 to 105” of the workers who are fired from the multinational Montecon in the port of Montevideo, but the Port Union (Supra) maintains that it must ensure the work of 150 and all the rest, because they consider that they will continue to fire port workers.
Faced with the situation, the country’s private ports carried out 24-hour strikes last week, and now the workers of the National Port Administration (ANP) do so, therefore the port of Montevideo and those of the interior, including Nueva Palmira , begin this day at 7:00 p.m. the stoppage of activities.
Supra Communiqué
“one. 24-hour nationwide strike in the public sector (ANP), starting at 7:00 p.m. this Monday, May 16
two. Continue with the stoppage in the Montecon company as the main affected.
3. Continue demanding that the Executive Power specify solutions to the jobs affected by the application of Decrees 114 and 115/21.
We workers must not assume the political cost of this agreement! The Port is not for sale, it defends itself!”
