They assured that the night of 32 Thursday they left gando them with aluminum towards in rear area, whose authorization was signed by managers who were not on duty

• Gerald Harewood
• Photos: Antonio Abinazar

“Fraudulent” actions harm the workers

The technical adviser of Sutralum, Germa'n Alcala, assured that these “located ghost companies” in sectors San Felix, are in charge to retain the mineral and after to export it to the United States and Mexico to international prices, through the ports of Palúa after changing the respective loads.

He is possible to emphasize that these amounts in tons, are sufficient to supply to the national product market process, such as “barbecuers, pots and other derivatives of aluminum”.

Alcala considers that these “fraudulent” actions harm to the workers, who are the ones in charge to surpass the marks of production of the mineral, without receiving no type of economic benefits concerning the sales of the same.

He explained that for the aluminum sale, the representatives of the company must be in charge of the technical inspection in which will be evaluated if they own or noncapacity for the transformation of aluminum.

Gando them retained

The Secretary General, Gerald Perez, informed that the night of the past Thursday they retained momentarily the exit of 32 gando them loaded of aluminum to cities like Valencia and Maracay.

Perez assured that information of accomplishment of this office was provided by sources whose names preferred not to reveal, who also gave certainty of which the order of exit of the material was signed by managers who in that then ones were not of guard, reason why expressed that “all the procedures were violated”.

“We demanded that the statements of account of aluminum appear to take the denunciations to the General Office of the public prosecutor”, showed the union leader.

There are resources for payment of benefits

According to the Secretary General of Sutralum, the company they daily leave thousands of tons of aluminum. “(The past Thursday) we yesterday managed to bring to light public the sale from 1,200 tons, whereas the past Sunday exported 9,100 towards the United States”.

In view of which the company still stays to the day with the sales of the mineral, they suppose that the finances of the same are stable, reason why exhorted the president of that factory, Carlos Acosta Perez, to cancel all the benefits to its workers, owed for some months.

Perez indicated that for today they hope the arrival of a coke boat to continue with the production and thus “to standardize the situation”.

Also, he insisted to the different regional and national governmental beings with the intention of which they are who are in charge to review the crisis situation that lodges to the basic companies and that “affect all the Venezuelans”.

The worker proposes

The sine of the workers they must leave the proposals required for the recovery of the plant, because therefore the Secretary General of Sutralum considered, in addition that with these projects many of the debts could be settled.

“One of the proposals of the workers is that with the income product of the sales from aluminum to the national and international market, the loans could be cancelled primarily”, explained.

It says that at the moment the company counts with more than 32 million strong bolivars although for him, the whereabouts of this money is uncertain. According to its affirmations, this amount is sufficient so that the company honors “at least” half of the personal loans.

Encounter between the parts

Gerald Perez demands an encounter between the parts for the week that comes, since they exist problematic that does not have to hope and to be taken care of opportunely.

The most emphatic case is the system of health, that has been precarious, due to the insolvency of the company with the clinics and pharmacies.

“We hoped that for the week that comes we have solved many of these problems and that the workers count on their personal loans”, it finalized.