Fields aluminum prepares conflict
Written by Alejandra Pautt C Alberto Photos St. Maarten
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Many answers and few actions

The general secretaries of the various unions aluminium sector reported active forceful in the coming days due to the lack of action by the president of CVG to the crisis in the aluminum industry

The union representatives from several unions in the sector said that aluminium in the coming week to begin deployment of activities due to the lack of forceful action by the Minister of Basic Industries and Mining and president of CVG Rodolfo Sanz, to give solution to the many irregularities presented in the sector.

As expressed a sign of the lack of action by the Minister Sanz is that the same has not been done act of presence in the last 2 meetings have been held with the union leadership with the primary intention of reaching an agreement on the percentage to payment of merit.

Estilito Garcia Sutralum secretary general noted that "the continuation of meetings with the Minister Sanz is an uncertainty .... Vulgaris is a provocative maneuver to a conflict ".

Likewise described the absence of the minister as a lack of respect for leadership, who has maintained a performance at the height of the situation, and upon in order to achieve the best solution to the crisis facing businesses. "

Coupled with this is to issue statements linking the president of CVG in which asserts that in the case of some companies 78% of production costs will lead employees "is one ingredient of provocation towards sector workers aluminum, "he said.

While the leaders felt that Rodolfo Sanz should return to the table "have embraced the approach that has made us into a story meritocracy, but it must be clear that not only is merit, but the solution to different situations today have businesses on alert and crisis, "said the secretary general of Sutralum.

Faced with this situation, the leaders have decided to launch a series of activities which include going to Pijiguaos today, the industry representatives will converge in the redoma The Pineapple and leave the town.

"The minister has announced that it will require investment and the plan was not concrete, is also aware of the onslaught against workers like Manuel Diaz of Venalum and Alcasa of 10 workers without putting forward any specific solution," said.

Conflict

"We will go to conflict and the minister will meet a battle command formed by the employees of companies in the sector ... Starting from next week we activities and actions that it has led Sanz, "said Estilito Garcia.

Thus alerted workers to be pending before various actions which will be called the union leaders' actions that take place not threaten the stability of the operating companies ... The minister knows who have been the only ones to blame for the crisis. "

For its part Henry Arias secretary general Sintralcasa "must be understood that the party demands on the table for discussion, there are other important factors that are under discussion and that is that we are concerned about the fate of the companies."

"The minister's statements are in line with what was stated by the Deputy Minister Ivan Hernandez who at the last meeting said that they are employees of companies in the state responsible for the crisis facing the same," said Arias.

"This is a lack of respect to the workers who are the only ones who have so far contributed effort and sacrifices to maintain productive enterprises ... So we have to Ivan Hernandez declared persona non grata in the aluminium industry. "

Changes

They stressed that no one is a secret that the number of changes has suffered CVG president who "belong to the same process and have always come with the same speech he Sanz and no actions ... All have lied while businesses are deteriorating and are destroyed in their noses. "

Likewise Arias said that "Sanz must remember that ten years Alcasa and threw lost and we live hoping that the changes fail ... Today we are saddened that other companies are in the same situation as Alcasa due to decide on those responsible for administering them. "

For his part Jose Sanchez secretary general Sutra Alumina Bolivar stated that the minister's speech is a speech protector of organised crime which is within the core businesses "it appears that the minister is already geared inside the circle responsible for the damage today are living in the aluminum companies. "

In the same vein Reyes Ortiz secretary general of Supco Sanz explained that the Minister has no authority within companies and has ordered that certain guidelines have not been met "the minister instructed chairmen of the companies on dismissals of some managers and have not materialized. "

"We regret the position taken by Sanz, we have no certainty whether the refusal as to the merits come directly from the minister or groups who have kidnapped a CVG ... Sanz has changed the starting position of fighting alongside the workers, "he said Boris Garcia.

Gerardo Perez de Sutralum reiterated that the union leadership is awaiting the managerial changes at different companies in the aluminium industry "managers and marketing personnel are leading companies to a cliff ... Therefore we maintain our demand for change management level expressed at the first meeting. "

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The situation

**** Sanz has not acted blunt, we still expect writing the strategic plan for businesses that have not been resolved and the percentage of meritocracy.

**** "We will be unable to have strategic impositions not accept that the wage is negative. Guyana will move around this situation. " Jose Sanchez

**** "Sanz has changed the starting position of fighting alongside the workers," he said Boris Garcia.

**** "If you keep the same group of managers in enterprises changes to labour and industrial level is not achieved."

**** "We are preparing a strong response and we will not accept intimidation of any kind." Gerardo Perez.

**** "They are cheating the workers and people of Guyana will battle with whom and where we have to give." Henry Arias