As she did during last year’s event, the mother of the young woman who died at the age of 23 in January 2022 tried to climb with a photo of her daughter.while the union leader Abigail Puig began her speech.
However, the woman, who was previously in the first rows of the audience, was separated and removed from the place without being able to access the stand after a struggle, at the same time that one of the organizers of the act tried to reassure her. Some of those present at the scene demanded that they let her up.
During last year’s act, the woman managed to get on the esplanade, where she asked for help to find out the circumstances in which her daughter died in January 2022 and accused the PIT-CNT of not supporting her. “This is out of protocol, my name is Andrea Colombo, I am the mother of Martina Colombo who died this year, on January 7, in a multinational company because they did not take care of her. The PIT-CNT did not treat me as it should have treated me. She was the first worker killed this year, “said the mother on the stand to the surprise of those present at the time. In addition, she added that the death of her daughter was due to the fact that” the working conditions were not what corresponded ”.
Federico Gutierrez
Martina Colombo’s mother tried to take the stand
Martina was born in Montevideo and was studying renewable energy engineering at the UTEC in Durazno. She had very little left to graduate from the race. In December 2021, work began at the Palomas Wind Farm, owned by Nicefield SA with which UTE signed a 20-year leasing contract. Martina He died on January 7, 2022 when a vehicle he was driving overturned on a neighboring road in Salto as he left the park.
After his mother’s complaint a year ago, The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) said that it would investigate the death of the young woman, which his mother reported as a work accident. Until then, in the portfolio they did not have any file on the case.
For his part, During this year’s event, the president of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdalaexpressed: “Last year we learned of the death of a colleague at a wind energy company. We made arrangements for the MTSS, the BPS (Social Welfare Bank) to take care of her, even without an investigation into how things happened.”
“This it was not a union place, the only guarantee we have is the organization of the workers. That is what we mean when we talk about quality work”, added Abdala.
