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What union activities paralysed by 24 hours...

posted on Mar 07, 2008 12:56AM
What union activities paralysed by 24 hours


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Caracas .- Workers of Siderurgica del Orinoco (Sidor) started in the afternoon on Thursday a new 24-hour strike to protest the non-call to the negotiating table scheduled for yesterday and in which in addition to the parties involved a high-level commission appointed by the government.

The secretary general of the Unified Workers' Union Steel and Allied (Sutiss), Nerio Sources explained that they were told that the talks with the company would not reactivarían pending the suspension of the 48-hour strike that had sidoristas launched on Tuesday. "We met and we do not understand why today (yesterday) we are not called to continue negotiations with Sidor.

He indicated that the operations will be resumed Friday at 3:00 pm and they expect the employer to comply with its commitment to continue discussing the 24 clauses of the economic collective agreement that remain to be announced.

Negotiation
Hours before they hold a workers' meeting in which it was decided that new stalemate, the president of Sutiss, Jose "Acarigua" Rodriguez, had described as "very successful" the cessation of activities for 48 hours started last Tuesday.

For his part, the president of the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) and holder of the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining, Rodolfo Sanz, insisted that the normalization of the activities of the steel works will enable the parties to return to sit down to negotiate.

"It is defined by the hour, I spoke with the union
On a bilateral basis and I hope to meet with the company on a bilateral basis before the meeting occur, "he said.

Expressed confidence in reaching an agreement with regard to wage increases, which keeps the company distanced the union for more than 30 newspapers F Bs, despite the latter declined the aspiration of the salary adjustment to Bs F 60 of the original 68 F Bs, while the latest proposal from the firm was Bs F 26.

During the 48-hour stoppage lasted the first of the week, it raised some riots at the gates of the steel where several units were burned bus company and there was a confrontation between the workers and officials of the same National Guard stationed in the place.

Sanz called the union "not to burn anything more to hold piromaníacos infiltrators," he said.

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