The Montecon workers’ union resolved this Saturday extend 48 hours plus the strike of operators and terminals that the Single Union of Dockers and Related Branches (Supra) set this Friday for 24 hours. While the workers of the other companies resumed their tasks from 7:00 p.m., activity in those sectors of Montecon will remain unchangedreported to The Observer the leader Martin Garcia.
While, the Supra accepted the request of the Ministry of Labor to give the portfolio 48 hours to be able to advance in the negotiationssaid the union’s president, Álvaro Reinaldo, to The Observer.
The Supra and the Montecon union are meeting in the Executive this Saturday afternoon to define the measures to follow and evaluate the performance of the negotiations. In parallel, the government had asked for time to advance with the negotiation, after the port logistics company announced the dismissal of 150 workers and wage cuts of up to 50% in some cases.
The Supra had resolved this Friday a 24-hour strike for operators and terminals throughout the port of Montevideo. The unionized workers demand that the company insure the wages.
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) communicated directly with the Chilean shareholders and requested that the port operator not reduce the insured average wages for 90 days. Montecon sources informed The Observer that the answer was negative this Friday. In turn, they claimed to return to free competition in the port of Montevideoafter the government agreed to extend the concession of Terminal Cuenca del Plata, majority owned by the company Katoen Natie.
“Although there was progress in the negotiations and in the proposals presented by the Executive Power, an agreement has not yet been reached with regard to guaranteeing all the affected jobs. Nor the reinsertion in any of the companies” , noted the Supra in a statement.
