Fritran, a distributor of Conaprole products, and the union have been at odds for weeks. The union affirms that the conflict is due to the dismissal of the president, which configures union persecution. The owner maintains that it was egregious misconductsince the worker performed tasks for another company during working hours.
The owner of Fritran, Carlos Moreirawas interviewed this Monday by Informativo Carve and maintained that since its creation, the company has endured “sticks in the wheel” by the union.
Five years ago, Conaprole decided to sell the shares of Cemesa (the distributor). Moreira acquired them and founded Fritran. “When I arrived it was the cuckoo who came to destroy the company and melt it down. I talked to people and told them that I was coming to work, to earn money and to run the company”, he recounted.
The businessman pointed out that during the first two years he invested in new trucks and even bought a sub-distribution of other products that he made available to sellers to add to their client portfolio. But the workers did not accept it for different reasons. “The idea was always to tire Carlos Moreira to see if he leaves and we become Conaprole again,” he said.
The owner maintained that the problems in the company were never for salary reasons. He added that last year he was among the first to agree on salaries and adjustments. “I ate stoppages for the Conaprole awards (which was not agreed) when in the company we had already awarded”, he explained. He clarified that Fritran is not within the group of Salary Councils that corresponds to the dairy industry, since it is a distributor.
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“We have nothing to do with it, we do not industrialize anything. We are sellers of the products that Conaprole markets”, she pointed out. The last short circuit between the company and the union came from the dismissal of an employee.
“The worker never did the tasks he had to do. He had minor warnings. I spent three and a half years without observing or sanctioning anyone. And I had plenty of reasons,” he mentioned. The reason for the dismissal was that after an administrative investigation it was found that the official, during his working hours, used the computer to accomplish tasks for a collection company that he owned.
“He was a mechanic and had a computer in the shop to record truck services and repairs. But he worked from there for his own company, ”Moreira denounced.
For that reason he was fired for egregious misconduct. The union did not accept the dismissal and requested that the employee be given the maximum sanction provided for 14 day suspension. But the company did not back down and the union now demands that the worker be reinstated.
The businessman said that while the administrative investigation was taking place, he was informed that the employee had been elected president of the union. “Affiliated or not, it was notorious misconduct,” Moreira considered.
The two parties remain firm despite the intervention of the Ministry of Labor (MTSS) that sought to bring the positions closer. “It was not successful; every talk was a fight”, summed up the businessman.
Due to the stoppages and the measures that are carried out, the company will see its viability compromised, he added.
