This Tuesday the 21st, the ANCAP Union Coordinator will carry out a strike that includes the officials of the state oil company and its subsidiaries. At 11 in the morning, the ANCAP unions will gather at the La Teja refinery and carry out a march towards the Executive Tower.
They reject the “privatizing” attempt in the company, they denounce that a process of privatization and shrinking of ANCAP and its related companies is advancing, and the attack on its social role.
In this sense, they question that in the case of portland ANCAP is intended to be associated in a minority way with transnational capitals, delivering an area of activity that represents millions of dollars in honey for Uruguay, and a business that has a 90-year perspective.
They also reject the recommendation to hand over the public service of natural gas to private capital, and that it is intended to close the biofuel ventures.
On the other hand, they denounce that the Ministry of Economy and Finance does not provide facilities to make investments in strategic business areas for ANCAP.
In this sense, they reject the measures of both the Board of Directors of ANCAP and the Executive that try to materialize and continue with the delivery of strategic businesses for the country, putting thousands of jobs at risk and affecting social policies such as the stimulation of production. national.
Wednesday stoppage
For its part, the Coordinating Board of Entities called a strike for Wednesday 22 at 10 am in all public companies. Likewise, they will hold a concentration in Avenida del Libertador and Paysandú (ANCAP building) and then a march towards Torre Ejecutiva.
The central axis of the claiming platform of public workers is the recovery of lost wages, the entry of personnel (in a joint venture, the Post Office and state banks), and budgeting for workers.
They also claim for the defense of water in the hands of the State (in rejection of the Neptune Plan), and against the reform of social security.
