The port union issued a statement through which it states that due to the lack of progress in the negotiations with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the union decided to carry out a 24-hour strike at the national level in the public sector of the National Administration of Ports (ANP), from 7:00 p.m. this Monday, May 16.
It also decided to continue with the stoppage of the Montecon company as the main affected company.
At the same time, the port association will continue to demand that the Executive Branch “concrete solutions to jobs through the application of decrees 114 and 115/21” that determine that the administration, expansion, conservation and operation of a container terminal of the port of Montevideo, will continue to be carried out by the Cuenca del Plata Terminal Company and that the ships that operate in the port terminal must use the docks and buoys assigned by the Montevideo department of the Operations and Services Area of the ANP.
In the context of the conflict over the agreement between the government and Katoen Natie for the extension of the concession for 60 years, SUPRA had agreed to the request of the Ministry of Labor to suspend for 48 hours the measures to stop activities of a general nature, a term It expired this Monday.
Montecon has announced the dismissal of 150 workers and a salary reduction of up to 50% to the employees who will remain on the workforce as a result of the agreement between the government and Katoen Natie.
“The workers must not assume the political cost of this agreement. The port is not for sale, it defends itself”, expressed the port union.
