The Single Port Union (Supra) defined this Monday a new work stoppage for 24 hours. In this case, the measure will cover workers of the National Administration of Ports (ANP) throughout the countryreported to The Observer the port leader Álvaro Reinaldo.
The measure will be carried out from 7:00 p.m. on this day. This Monday the talks continue between the union and the Executive Power about the 150 workers who will be fired by Montecon.
While a strike is maintained in the part of Montecon in the port of Montevideo, but the rest of the measures that had been approved were suspended for now.
The employees of the Chilean and Canadian capital company will meet in an assembly this afternoon, and with the possible news that they have at that time they will define the steps to follow, the president of the Montecon union Martín García explained earlier to The Observer.
The impact of the conflict so far
Sources from the port sector told this Monday to The Observer what is being relieved the impact that the trade union measures of recent days have had in this sector of activity. As indicated, last week a ship of the MSC line avoided the port of Montevideo, but these days the weather caused some services to omit and others to stop operations with the main port terminal in Uruguay. That is why it is not easy to know the impact of the Montecon strike, he explained.
The conflict began on Tuesday, May 3, when the company announced the dismissal of 150 workers and a salary reduction of up to 50% to the employees who will remain on the workforce, after the loss as a client of the shipping company MSC Mediterráneo in the hands of Terminal Cuenca del Silver (TCP) (owned mostly —80%— by the Belgian Katoen Natie), which since it renewed the concession of the specialized container terminal in the port of Montevideo until 2081 has its exclusive use.
