Workers shut down activities Elebol
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
"We can not continue with a company operated," said Bocarruido, who revealed the limitations to operate the service in communities.



The protesters are calling for the unification of the electricity sector in a single corporation. Photo Armando Rivas Electricity Workers in Ciudad Bolivar (Elebol) took to the streets Friday to declare in the four years he has operated the socialist enterprise, with no solution exists to ensure their wage claims.

The protest was staged outside the premises of the electricity company, where workers demanded that the final settlement of concrete Elebol, which, according to them allow them access to collective bargaining in the National Electricity Corporation (Corpoelec).

Luis Bocarruido, correspondence clerk and union employees of the company, and member of the collective bargaining committee of the Federation of Electric Power Industry of Venezuela, said that will be on the street to get concrete answers to a situation which, to light, has created serious consequences for the labor sector of the company.

Elebol has claimed about 340 workers and end once and for all the intervention that began since the second half of 2006.

Constant struggle
The workers went on permanent protest, initiating a strike on Friday to sit-down, and the suspension of some areas of the company.

Bocarruido stressed that these actions will continue until there is an answer that will guarantee their applications. "We can not continue with a company operated, so we are calling the faithful compliance with the decree referred to the 5330 unification of the electricity sector in a single corporation, and the state ensure job security and service to the communities," he said.

He said today "we can not guarantee 100% service to communities, because we have no resources or active collections.

The chairman of Elebol interventionist, Jose Sanchez, said that is still in process, and regretted that at the central level has not been accelerated to realize the liquidation, recalling the legal mechanisms involved. Despite the strike, guaranteed customer service and service delivery in communities.

Until press time, the company headquarters remained united Elebol authorities, Edelca president, Igor Gavidia, and a representative of the employees in finding a solution to the conflict.